STRANGE CRIMES AT SEA

Hardback. Intro' by William McFee. Featuring some of the fantastic stories of past days on the seven seas. Chapter headings include : Caesar Tries the Pirates; Benbow's Last Sea Fight (1702); On the Sands of O'Leith (1704); "Blood and Coconuts" (1792); The Trial of Governor Wall (1799-1800); Jean Lafitte, Pirate and Patriot (1813-15); The Tragedy of a Queen (1821); The Admiral's One-Eighth (1830-2); The Spencer Mutiny (1842); Blubber and Black Ivory (1861-2); Murder on the 'Herbert Fuller' (1896-7); Mutiny on a Russian Man-of-War (1905). Illus. by Gordon Grant. 273pp. 12mo h/back. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. With 'Boots' label to fr. cover (see image), and 'eyelet' to head of sp. Browned edges and eps. Nr. Vg.