On Board the "Rocket

Boston: D. Lothrop and Company, 1879. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. An interesting true account of shipboard life in the late 19th century. Bound in brown cloth with black designs to front coverand spine and title in gilt to each. Covers are frayed, chipped and rubbed. Hinges are cracked and gutters are pulled where book was laid flat. Text pages are bright and clean. Frontispiece illustration of the Rocket, and the musical notations of sailors' songs at end of book. Very good. Measures 5 x 7 inches. 335 pages plus list of publisher's new books.