Author: KINGSTON, W. H. G. (WILLIAM HENRY GILES )
Title: The Three Midshipmen
Description: London, England: Cassell and Company, Ltd, 1909. Reprint. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good condition. Full leather binding. The spine ends, spine joints and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and edge wear. The text pages are clean and bright. Both front and rear endpapers have some generalized toning. There is a previous owner's inked gift notation on the front endpaper. "His first book was The Circassian Chief, a story published in 1844. While still living in Oporto, he wrote The Prime Minister, a historical novel, and Lusitanian Sketches, descriptions of travels in Portugal. Settling in England, he interested himself in the emigration movement, edited The Colonist and The Colonial Magazine and East India Review in 1844, was honorary secretary of a colonisation society, wrote Some Suggestions for a System of General Emigration in 1848, lectured on colonisation in 1849, published a manual for colonists entitled How to Emigrate in 1850, and visited the western highlands on behalf of the emigration commissioners. He was afterwards a zealous volunteer and worked actively for the improvement of the condition of seamen. But from 1850, his chief occupation was writing books for boys, or editing boys' annuals and weekly periodicals. He started the Union Jack, a paper for boys, only a few months before his death." (from Wikipedia). Very Good .
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Title: The Three Midshipmen
Description: London, England: Cassell and Company, Ltd, 1909. Reprint. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good condition. Full leather binding. The spine ends, spine joints and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and edge wear. The text pages are clean and bright. Both front and rear endpapers have some generalized toning. There is a previous owner's inked gift notation on the front endpaper. "His first book was The Circassian Chief, a story published in 1844. While still living in Oporto, he wrote The Prime Minister, a historical novel, and Lusitanian Sketches, descriptions of travels in Portugal. Settling in England, he interested himself in the emigration movement, edited The Colonist and The Colonial Magazine and East India Review in 1844, was honorary secretary of a colonisation society, wrote Some Suggestions for a System of General Emigration in 1848, lectured on colonisation in 1849, published a manual for colonists entitled How to Emigrate in 1850, and visited the western highlands on behalf of the emigration commissioners. He was afterwards a zealous volunteer and worked actively for the improvement of the condition of seamen. But from 1850, his chief occupation was writing books for boys, or editing boys' annuals and weekly periodicals. He started the Union Jack, a paper for boys, only a few months before his death." (from Wikipedia). Very Good .
Keywords: Modern Fiction W. H. G. Kingston Ships & Sailing Young Adult Travel & Exploration Modern Fiction
Price: US$ 15.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 40577
- Book number: 40577
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