160pp, publisher's ads, four black and white illustrations (inc. frontispiece). Green cloth-covered boards, illustrated, and gilt titles front and spine. 8vo. Bumped spine ends. Text block edges tanned. One plate almost detached, chipped outer edge. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Some adventurous boys receive a letter from their friend Larry, who had left two years before to go to sea with his father, Captain Brady.
