Author: ROBINSON C. N.
Title: The British Tar in Fact and Fiction. The Poetry, Pathos, and Humour of the Sailor's Life. With Introductory Chapters on the Place of the Sea Officer and Seaman in Naval History and Historical Literature by John Leyland. [Second Impression]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN ORIGINAL CLOTH
Description: Harper & Brothers,, 1911. 8vo., Second Impression, with coloured frontispiece (original tissue guard present), 15 plates in sepia and 113 monochrome plates on 64; original navy blue ribbed cloth, upper board lettered in gilt, gilt back, gilt top, uncut, a very good, bright, clean copy. First published in 1909. Bright copy of a substantial and learned work. Its four sections examine the British tar in (i) literature, biography, pamphlet and satire; (ii) mystery, pageant, comedy and drama; (iii) sea stories, novels, magazines and chap-books; (iv) poems, ballads, songs and doggerel. There is a final section on the seaman and nautical life in pictorial form.

Keywords: naval, royal navy, jack tar, sailors, seamen, naval fiction, literature, naval literature, c.n. robinson


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