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— Henry Ward Beecher

London: Arco Publications, 1967. [Science Fiction] FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.191 [1]. Publisher's dark brown cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the blue dust-jacket designed by W. Langstaffe, priced at 18s. Moderately toned throughout. Light spotting to endpapers and jacket. Jacket quite heavily toned to spine, with some light wear to edges. Very good. A whaling crew are discomforted by premonitions of a deadly sea monster voiced by the cooper they have brought aboard to manage their oil barrels... First published in French in 1901. Item #61864
Price: £48.00