The Nautilus Library no. 25: The Sea Apprentice: Being an account of two voyages round the world under canvas by Capt. C. Fenton
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The 'Nautilus Library' begun in the 1920s, and built up to more than thirty volumes. A few were given slightly different titles but most were classic nautical works issued in a pocket sized edition by Philip Allan, who owned the copyright to many of the original editions.

THE SEA APPRENTICE

BEING AN ACCOUNT OF TWO VOYAGES
ROUND THE WORLD UNDER CANVAS

BY CAPT. C. FENTON

First published NAUTILUS LIBRARY No.25 1934 by PHILIP ALLAN & CO. LTD

  

Number 25

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Shiny blue cloth bound book with slightly faded gilt to spine and front board's nautilus. Back board has some discolouration to the top outer corner otherwise boards are clean with just a few signs of shelf wear. Pages are exceptional clean and bright with rough cut edges. No foxing. Condition VERY GOOD with contents excellent. No dust wrapper but free facsimile available if requested.


Price £17.00 plus postage

190 pages. Volumes are 115 mm. wide; 175 tall and about 18 mm. thick. Weight unwrapped approximately 220 grams.		  

A full-size facsimile wrapper which is available free on request with purchase.

The Sea Apprentice by Capt. C. Fenton: Shiny blue cloth bound book with slightly faded gilt to spine and front board's nautilus. Back board has some discolouration to the top outer corner otherwise boards are clean with just a few signs of shelf wear. Place cursor over Title Page (right) to see front board.

The Sea Apprentice; being an account of two voyages around the world under canvas: Pages are exceptional clean, bright with no foxing, as can be seen from the title page, visible when you move the cursor away. Usual rough cut page block edges.

    At sixteen the author was apprenticed to W. Thomas Ltd. for four years and shortly joined his first ship, the clipper Marechal Suchet; built 1893 by A. McMillan & Son, Dumbarton; bound for Sidney then to Valparaiso with coal then to Vancouver. Then to Hamburg   via Cape Horn from whence he as sent on leave home to Liverpool and later re- joined his ship in Cardiff loading  coal for Rio de Janeiro  then in ballast to New York to load case–oil for Melbourne. After loading coal in Newcastle for Antofagasta, Chile sailed then back to Falmouth for orders to Hamburg.

    Going on the leave after serving three years and four months the Captain informed him that when he re-joined the ship he would move aft into the cabin as third mate. This is all told in interesting detail covering life and conditions on board and details of the windjammer trade.

 

 

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