About this title: This tale of Breton peasant life, with its simple joys and sorrows, is beautifully told. There are grim and sordid scenes at Brest showing the temptations that lie in wait for the sailor as he comes ashore, and the sufferings of the wives living in the seaport, and of course there are characteristic description of the Breton country-side. Parallel with these there are descriptions of life in a warship during its cruise about the world.
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Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Frederick A. Stokes Co., NY
Description: Good with no Dust Jacket; Condition. Burgundy cloth. Back board has 1" nick w/ tear to cloth. Vintage bookplate to front pastedown. Interior pages very good. 8vo.; 301 pages pages; Color frontispiece. read more
Edition: Printed in UK, in English
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Frederick A. Stokes, New York
Date Published: unknown
Description: 8vo VG/NDJ. Red boards, white paper with title pasted on spine. Spine sunned. Minor shelfwear, pages clean, binding starting to loosen. Fiction. 7-3-666743. read more
Description: Published by WERNER LAURIE, 301 pages, hardback (no D/J), medium size, no D/W, wear to edges, slight foxing, corners bumped, a good reading copy. Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
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