Sun Dial Press, NY, 1927 (copyright). Young Moderns Book Shelf Edition. Illustrated w/ full-page color frontis by Mahlon Blaine. Blue cloth, decorative front cover, illustrated end-papers, gilt letters against an orange background. Spine bumping, hd & ft, corners. Small frays at head & ft, corners. Previous owners' signatures, top of inside front end-paper & again, in pencil, across both back end-papers (child's scrawl). Spine gilt has darkened, but is extant & legible. Various blemishes to both boards. Just a hint of spine slant & a touch of head separation, but still securely bound. Both hinges are sound. 324 pages.
Subtitled: "The Dark Adventure That Befell Tod Moran When He Shipped as Fireman Aboard the Tramp Steamer 'Congo' Bound out of New York for Caribbean Ports".
