Richard Hughes — The Innocent Voyage

New York & London, Harper & Brothers, 1929 . First edition. Cloth. The first US edition of Richard Hughes' best known novel, reviewed as 'a thrillingly good book' by Martin Amis. Published later the same year in the UK as 'A High Wind in Jamaica&apos.The first US edition, first printing.In Hughes's thrilling novel, a Jamaican colonial family sends its children to Britain for proper schooling, but their ship is captured by pirates, who gradually form an attachment to the children.The book received much criticism at the time of publication, due to the severity of the perils faced by the children in the novel.With a former owner's inscription to the front free endpaper. In the publisher's original cloth backed paper covered boards. Boards bright. Back strip age toned, with small losses of cloth to head and tail. Former owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .