Overdue, The Story of a Missing Ship, Collingwood, Harry. Published by Blackie and Son Limited, London, 1906. Dated by gift inscription. 12mo up to 7½” tall., 287pp. with six black and white plates illustrated by W.H. Holloway. Blue cloth boards with white, light green, black and gilt illustrations to front and spine. Grey endpapers; all edges blue. Foxing to preliminaries; plates in beautiful condition; rubbing to board edges.
Our hero, the 17-year-old midshipman of the Salamis, is suddenly given the job of going aboard and taking command of the Mercury, an emigrant ship that they find drifting in mid-ocean, all her officers having died in various accidents, and the illiterate bosun and the ship’s carpenter knowing full well that they had no idea how to navigate. He takes charge and all appears to be going well, when– But I will not spoil a good story for you.
