"CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS": A Story of the Grand Banks.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1897. First UK edition. Preceded in the U.S. by just one month. The tale of a railroad tycoon's spoiled fifteen year-old son who is washed overboard from a transatlantic steamship and rescued by the crew of a fishing schooner. Unable to convince them of his family's wealth, he's forced to work as a cabin boy to earn his keep. Basis for the 1937 movie of the same name starring Spencer Tracy, who won an Academy Award for his role. 8vo gilt-stamped deep blue cloth boards; all edges gilt; black coated endpapers; 245 pages plus 2 pages of ads. Illustrated with frontispiece and twenty full-plate drawings by I. W. Taber. Bright and near fine with spine somewhat shaken, spine ends and corners lightly rubbed, and touch of spotting to rear cover.
Item #72779
Price: $750.00