Author: W. W. Jacobs
Title: Salthaven, Many Cargoes, and Ship&Apos;S Company
Description: London, Hodder and Stoughton; Methuen & Co, 1901 - 1908. First edition. Cloth. A collection of novels by W. W. Jacobs. 'Salthaven' and 'Ship's Company' are first editions. The set consists of: 'Salthaven', 'Many Cargoes' and 'Ship's Company&apos. William Wymark Jacobs (8 September 1863 – 1 September 1943), was an English author of short stories and novels. Although much of his work was humorous, he is most famous for his horror story 'The Monkey's Paw&apos. His favourite subjects were marine life: "men who go down to the sea in ships of moderate tonnage" said Punch, reviewing his first collection of stories, 'Many Cargoes', which achieved great popular success on its publication in 1896. Michael Sadleir described Jacobs' fiction thus: "he wrote stories of three kinds; describing the misadventures of sailor-men ashore; celebrating the artful dodger of a slow-witted village; and tales of the macabre". In the original publisher's cloth bindings. Externally, sound. Light rubbing to the boards. There is some minor bumping to the tops and tails of the spine. Spines are also slightly cocked. There is some evidence of previous damp staining to the boards on Many Cargoes. Internally, generally firmly bound, though some hinges are tender. Pages are generally bright and clean. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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