The British tar in fact and fiction
Subtitle: the poetry, pathos, and humour of the sailor's life
By: by Charles Napier Robinson with introductory chapters on the place of the sea officer and seaman in naval history and historical literature, by John Leyland. Illustrated with frontispiece in colour andabout one hundred and thirty reproductions of old prints, engravings, and woodcuts depicting the character, costume, and customs of the sailor afloat and ashore, as described by the historians, the poets, the novelists and the playwrights.
Contributors: Leyland, John.
Publisher: Harper and brothers
Published: 1911
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 520
Subjects: Defoe, Daniel, -- 1660 or 1-1731.; Smollett, Tobias George.; Great Britain. -- Royal Navy -- History.
Notes: Front accompanied by guard sheet with descriptive letterpress.