12 plates and 5 woodcuts. Original pale blue cloth, illustrated (3 boys on a raft) on front board, lettered in red and black (gilt on spine); grey-and-white leaf-patterned endpapers. Two small holes rubbed on hinges, small nick to top edge of front board, signature (1891) on both pastedowns, good. Not in Wolff. 17 stories of shipwreck, desert islands and other adversity at sea. Publisher's catalogue dated October 1888 bound in at end.