PAUL HOWARD'S CAPTIVITY; AND HOW HE ESCAPED : Founded on Fact
Language: English
Published by Griffith & Farran, London, UK
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: 100POCKETS, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.100POCKETS
AbeBooks seller since March 7, 2000
Condition: Used - Very good
US$ 21.75
Quantity: 1 available
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Text/Strong, sound and near new. Gilt embossed, illustrated blue linen boards/VG w/rubs to edges & corner tips. Gift dedication on fEP. An adventure story, based on a true account, by novelist and author of children's books Emilia Marryat Norris (1835 - 1875). It is the story of young Paul Howard (fictional in name) who early acquired the skill of watch repair, and is sent to China aboard the British Queen. There he is to learn the language and mind his godfather's estate. Paul and companions are taken by pirates. his knowledge of mending watches comes to his aid.
Seller Inventory # 008690
Bibliographic details
- Title
- PAUL HOWARD'S CAPTIVITY; AND HOW HE ESCAPED : Founded on Fact
- Author
- Norris, Emilia Marryat
- Publisher
- Griffith & Farran, London, UK
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- E.N. Downard (Illustrator)
- Edition
- Unstated
- Seller catalogs
- Fiction, Novel, Short Story, History
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