About this title: Keith Stewart is an ordinary man. However, one day he is called upon to undertake an extraordinary task. When his sister's boat is wrecked in the Pacific, he becomes trustee for his little niece. In order to save her from destitution he has to embark on a 2,000 mile voyage in a small yacht in inhospitable waters. His adventures and the colorful characters he meets on his journey make this book a marvelous tale of courage and friendship.
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Pan Books, London
Date Published: 1970
ISBN-13:9780330023078ISBN:0330023071
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. tight-clean unmarked pages. 285p.; 18 cm. Originally published (B60-4751), London: Heinemann, 1960. read more
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Slight spine creasing, binding still feels quite solid. Minor shelf wear to covers. Text is unmarked, pages are lightly tanned, first page has a discolored square, a sticker remnant. 1967 Ballantine Books mmpb, marked first Canadian printing. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Cloth (Hardback)
Publisher: William Heinemann Ltd, London
Date Published: 1960
Description: Good + Jacket: Good. 8vo. 312pp. Gift inscription to ffep otherwise text clean and free of markings. Unclipped dust jacket has a few tears. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Heinemann
Date Published: 1960
Description: Good in Good jacket. First Edition. 1st edition, complete with dustcover, clipped; Cover a bit worn and creased, else All in good condition; read more
Edition: Book Club
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Book Club, London
Date Published: 1960
Description: Very Good in Near Fine jacket. Hardback. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Tidy, just light foxing in edges and endpapers. Intact dust jacket. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: VINTAGE Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780099529989ISBN:009952998X
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 320 pages. Keith stewart is an ordinary man. however, one day he is called upon to undertake an extraordinary task. when his sister's boat is wrecked in the pacific, he becomes trustee for his little niece. in order to save her from destitution he has to embark on a 2, 000 mile voyage in a small yacht in inhospitable waters. (Paperback) read more
Edition: First edition. 1st printing, Ballantine.
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books by arr. w/ William Morrow and Company., New York
Date Published: 1967
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by previous owner. Ink stamp inside cover, prior book store. Light corner creasing. Smooth spine. 256 p. Mass-market PB. Illustrated cover. Fiction: A technically-oriented miniature-maker loses his sister and her husband at sea. He sets out to find a treasure, to rescue his little niece's legacy from the bottom of the sea. read more
Edition: Complete Works
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Heron Books, London
Date Published: 1968
Description: Good+ Hardback. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Part of a set of the author's complete works, very nicely bound in red imitation leather with gilt decoration and titles, decorated endpapers, portrait of author, illustrations and silk page marker tassel. Tiny tears at crown of spine, foxing in edges. read more
Edition: First Printing
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: New York, New York: Ballantine Books, 1967, New York, New York
Date Published: 1967
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. Mass Market Paperback. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. First Printing. Mass Market Paperback. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. TRUSTEE FROM THE TOOLROOM is the crowning achievement of the best-selling author of ON THE BEACH--an absorbing and suspensful story of a poor man's odyssey half way around the world in search of treasure, a novel illuminated by the technical mastery, the storytelling power and the belief in the goodness of his fellow man that ... read more
"I read this book as a teen and loved it then; it is a great read now. Even though there is a lot of "technical" information about building the storage box and its placement, I did not feel threatened; in fact, I learned about the constructs and the basis for the procedures.
I would recommend this book to men and women alike. The central character's dedication to his project and seeing it through to the end - regardless of personal risk and cost - is inspiring."
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