W. W. Jacobs — Many Cargoes

London, Lawrence and Bullen, 1896 . First edition. Cloth. Publisher Cecil A. Franklin's copy of the first edition of W. W. Jacobs's collection of short stories about seafaring. The first edition of this work.A charming collection of tales about the lives of mariners, and the first published collection from the author. The work was popular, and reviewed in Punch as about "men who go down to the sea in ships of moderate tonnage".Cecil A. Franklin's own copy, with his bookplate to the front pastedown, and inscription to front free endpaper. Franklin joined the publishers Routledge in 1906, became a director in 1912, and was chairman from 1948 until his death in 1961. Lacking the publisher's catalogue to the rear. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with light rubbing to joints, and handling marks to boards. Hinges strained, with front board firmly held, and rear board somewhat tender to tail. Bookplate to front pastedown, and inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright, with the odd spot to page perimeters. Good . Ill.: None. Good .