The Nautilus Library no. 18: On The High Seas by E. Keble Chatterton
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ON THE HIGH SEAS

by E. KEBLE CHATTERTON

First published T. Fisher & Unwin, London, 1925.
Second edition published 1930 by Philip Allan & Co. Ltd
( NAUTILUS LIBRARY No. 18) London

Blue cloth bound book with gilt lettering to spine barely discernable. Boards shiny, clean and evenly coloured. Front board's nautilus bright. No foxing, all pages clean; rough cut on side and bottom edges as normal. Ink initials and date (23.11.1930) top outer corner of free end paper. Condition VERY GOOD.
115mm. wide x 175mm. tall . 256 pages. Weight unwrapped 0.22 kilo

Price £12.00 plus postage

From Author's Preface.

"The period begins with the dawn of the seventeenth century and goes down to include some of the amazing and not unniversally known sea episodes which happened during the Great War. And some of this detail has been obtained at first hand."

ON THE HIGH SEAS by E. KEBLE CHATTERTON: Blue cloth bound book with gilt lettering to spine barely discernable. Boards shiny, clean and evenly coloured. To see the front board place cursor over image of title page to right!

ON THE HIGH SEAS by E. KEBLE CHATTERTON: Front board's nautilus bright. No foxing, all pages clean; rough cut on side and bottom edges as normal. Ink initials and date top outer corner of free end paper. Condition VERY GOOD. Original worn dust wrapper.Remove cursor to revert to title page image.

 CONTENTS

 

PREFACE

  1. PREFACE .
    I. DEEP SEA ROVING
    II. THE SEA LIFE
    III. ADVENTURES ON THE HIGHSEAS
    IV. THE PROFESSION OF PIRACY.
    V. THE THRILL OF ADVENTURE.
    VI. PERIL ON THE SEA .
    VII. DEEP SEA DRAMA .
    VIII. MUTINY AND HURRICANE
    IX. ST. HELENA AND THE SLAVERS
    X. ON PATROL
    XI. GAMBLING WITH DEATH
    XII. HIGH SEA FLEETS .

Dust wrapper taped, sunned, blind torn and chipped larger Image here.Dust Jacket Dust wrapper taped, sunned, blind torn and chipped . Condition GOOD. To see a larger image of the ON THE HIGH SEAS by E. Keble Chatterton dust jacket click this icon.

A facsimile wrapper which is available on request free with the purchase of this book.

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The William Heinemann Ltd. first, 1924, edition of Commander Keble Chatterton's ‘Seamen All’ covers adventure at sea from the heyday of the sailing ships to the Great War; including Karl Spindler’s attempt to land Roger Casement and arms from the ‘Aud’ in Ireland. It is in a larger format than the Nautilus Library and is illustrated throughout in black and white. CLICK TO SEE PAGE ! THE AUXILIARY PATROL by E. Keble Chatterton: 'We knew during the war that German officers and men of the U-boat service held our Auxiliary Patrol in awe, because they frequently ran away from our improvised craft, and on occasions when these armed yachts, fishing vessels, or motor craft destroyed enemy submarines, the prisoners were only too ready to admit their feelings verbally.' - from the introduction. The William Heinemann Ltd. first, 1924, edition of Commander Keble Chatterton's ‘Seamen All’ covers adventure at sea from the heyday of the sailing ships to the Great War; including Karl Spindler’s attempt to land Roger Casement and arms from the ‘Aud’ in Ireland. It is in a larger format than the Nautilus Library and is illustrated throughout in black and white. CLICK TO SEE PAGE ! VALIANT SAILORMEN by E. Keble Chatterton: An interesting selection, covering, amongst other subjects, the hunt for the DRESDEN, anti-submarine operations using trawlers, Q-ships and motor launches, the problems keeping open our lines of communication to the Continent in WW1, long-range U-boats (Deutschland) and the Blockade Squadron. THE KÖNIGSBERG ADVENTURE by E. KEBLE CHATTERTON: For the first time the full and complete account is given of how the cruiser Königsberg, after sinking the British S.S. City of Winchester, and then surprising and sinking H.M.S. Pegasus, hid herself for months up an apparently un-navigable river, but after thousands of miles had been searched by British men-of-war, was finally discovered and destroyed. THE AUXILIARY PATROL by E. Keble Chatterton: 'We knew during the war that German officers and men of the U-boat service held our Auxiliary Patrol in awe, because they frequently ran away from our improvised craft, and on occasions when these armed yachts, fishing vessels, or motor craft destroyed enemy submarines, the prisoners were only too ready to admit their feelings verbally.' - from the introduction. THE EPIC OF DUNKIRK by E. KEBLE CHATTERTON: This contemporary account written with official assistance, and with first-hand information from participants themselves, describes the amazing withdrawal from Dunkirk of the British Expeditionary Force, one of the greatest maritime feats throughout all naval history.

 

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