Mrs. O. F. Walton [Amy Catherine Walton]
Saved at Sea: A Lighthouse Story
London, The Religious Tract Society , c1925. Cloth. A powerful Christian children's book from Amy Catherine Walton, illustrated with beautiful plates. A very smart illustrated edition of this popular story.With the publisher's vanishingly scarce clipped dust wrapper.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, five monochrome plates and numerous in-text illustrations. An adventure story for children following a young boy named Alick and his grandfather as they save a girl thrown overboard during a treacherous storm. From English author of Christian children's books, Amy Catherine Walton, or better known as Mrs. O. F. Walton. One of Walton's most famous works, 'Christie's Old Organ' was introduced to Japan in 1882 and is marked one of the earliest books in Japan on the history of Christian and of children's literature. In the original cloth binding. In the original clipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart. With light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Dust wrapper is smart. With edge wear and chipping to the spine head and tail and rear. With handling marks and a small closed tear to the front. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with a few scattered spots to the first and last few leaves. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not stated. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.

Rooke Books
Professional sellerBook number: 916Y61
GBP 70.00 [Appr.: EURO 80.75 US$ 93.42 | JP¥ 13848]
Keywords: Saved at Sea Children's Literature Illustrated Children's Literature Not stated