LOTI, PIERRE — An Iceland Fisherman

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Company, 1896. Hardcover. Stated one hundred and fifty-ninth edition. A compact copy of the seventh novel by France's Pierre Loti, pseudonym of Louis Marie Julien Viaud. This work was first published in 1886 and is a tale of the sea. It features the author's hero, Yann and a girl, Gaud. This edition has been rendered into English by Helen R. Dole. --- In full wood grain-look paper-covered boards decorated with oak leaves and backed in ribbed green cloth, with a tissue-guarded frontis photo of fishermen working in the rain/sea spray. --- A loosened front hinge has been repaired on this item, and the frontis image had worked loose and has been tipped back in. A small portion of the cover oak-leaf paper cover is missing. Interior is clean and unmarked, though with dampstains to upper edges of leaves.; 24mo - 5 to 6 in. tall; [4], 6-243 pages. Good with no dust jacket .