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WESTERMAN**, PERCY F[rancis]: : SEA SCOUTS ALL

LONDON.BLACKIE AND SON LIMITED,n.d.[but 1920.]

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UK,8vo HB,no dw/dj,1st edn.[Not dated but front pastedown inscrptn reads To Walter from Reggie 24/10/21.] FINE-. Neat, handwritten ink gift presentation inscrptn to front pastedown with mirror shadowing to off-set foxed verso of ffe.Bright, crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original pale duck-egg blue/grey cloth boards with a dark grey double-lined edge bordered front board/cover,and dark grey lettered title+author within,accompanied with two small circles - with uncoloured crossed semaphore flags to one and an uncoloured medical cross badge/emblem in the other,and almost centrally,a larger circle with a white coloured life-belt inside.A near immaculate spine/backstrip with block-coloured figure of a sea scout with semaphore flags and dark grey lettering,rear board/cover plain and unillustrated and coloured(?) eps both with off-set foxing shadow to verso and recto of front and rear free endpapers respectively.Negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears,splits or fraying present.Top+ fore-edges very lightly aged/toned - much less than normally encountered or would expect for a book of its age - with minimal sporadic foxing/spotting to fore-edge; contents bright,tight,text body fairly clean with occasional foxing/ spotting,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners, could appear unread - apart from my own collation.UK,thick 8vo HB,no dw/dj,1st edn,5-256pp [paginated] includes contents list/table with blank recto,XXI (21) chapters,missing it's frntis,4 other b/w illus by Charles Pear interspersed throughout the text and the book,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,an illus list/table with blank recto,e,and contents list/table. A very scarce and sought after title. The 3rd Sea Scout title following on from 'The Scouts of Seal Island' (the first and seemingly the forerunner of his Sea Scout stories.Baden-Powell founded the scouting movement in 1908,the same year as Westerman's first published book 'A Lad of Grit.' A keen supporter of the movement,it influenced many of his books subsequently.) and The Sea Scouts of the 'Petrel.' In this series of books Westerman uses a plot device that he returns to in other titles in this series.The main part of the plot is that of making a sailing voyage along the south coast of England and then returning to the home port.Along the journey there are various incidents.The scouts meet up along the way with foolish mariners,criminal types and youngsters who are then 'saved' by their membership of the scout movement. A boy's adventure novel featuring a troop of Sea Scouts and their exploits. The 1st Milford Sea Scouts are based in the Keyhaven Creek and their Scoutmaster is called Armitage.To gain any real sailing experience the scouts plan to volunteer in the summer holidays to crew other people's boats.An advert brings a couple of replies: navigate a motorboat from Oxford to Teddington. As the trip on the upper stretches of the Thames,it now involves lots of negotiation of numerous locks.Their job is extended so that they can take it on to Brightlingsea. The second job involves taking a sailing boat from Great Yarmouth to Poole,Dorset. During the journey they rescue a dog from a sandbank at the mouth of the Thames.As usual,the Scouts encounter problems trying to make harbour, with dragged anchors, disabled craft and other incompeteent mariners. Reunited with the owner of the first motor boat,the owner decides to hand the vessel over to them,providing they agree to keep it available for him as and when he requires a summer holiday or cruise.The motor boat is called 'Olivette' and it appears in the next two books in the Sea Scout series.. Percy Francis Westerman was a British author and journalist.Specifically, he wrote scores of books for boys and was,in the 1930s,outstandingly the most popular writer in that particular genre.Westerman wrote his first book in 1908,when he was 32.His last came out in May,1959,three months after he died. In all, 170-odd books,plus a torrent of articles and short stories. Since April 2013 and in March 2015,again in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the weight and the value of this item,for correct and insured (where necessary) shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,8vo HB,no dw/dj,1st edn.

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