Binding by Hassell in pictorial cloth (rubbed & tips worn) 304pp. Titlepage in red and black plates complete as list but not all at the proper page numbers. Endpapers bit marked and foxed, but text pages clean and crisp, no tears. A nice tight copy. *Story of two children on a whaling ship, mutiny and fire separate them. The ship abandoned, adventures on a raft with sharks, land on an island where they learn to hunt, build shelter etc. After hurricanes and other setbacks they build a boat and sail to Sydney ...