First English language edition (originally published in Swedish). 288pp with occasional monochrome illustrations. In blue cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Cloth gently rubbed and rounded at corners and spine tips, small mark at base of spine. Hint of foxing on text block edges. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original worn and torn dust jacket, chipped on edges, crumbling on corners and spine ends, tear across the width of verso. A touching and intimate account of swashbuckling adventures at sea, fulfilling the author's childhood dreams.
