White Illustrated Endpapers Glossy Frontispiece (38 results)

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. HB white spineD/J 1932 , few larger chips across top spine dj going into word THE, THICK green cloth decorated Lettered in Lavender, F-/VG, tiny chips creases stains extremities DJ, light stains back cover, interior relatively nice tight clean Light FoX, 213 pages + Ads Listing thru Midnight Visitor,

Hard Cover. No Jacket. First Edition. HB NODJ, 1st edition, 1st printing, 1935, NOJACKET, THICK TurquoiseBlue & Black illustrated Cloth Cover of Woman With Magnifying Glass & Handprint light Rub, wear , front lists thru this title; ads at rear list only 3 titles this Series Thru Tower Secret, 243 Pgs + ADS end with Mystic Ball Judy Bolton, Interior nice tight Clean light Wear FOX, .Glossy frontispiece B/W Staring out at Them was the Evil, Grinning face of Chinese Warrior, Brown & White endpapers show Melody carrying lantern, Former OWNER Name.

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. HBDJ, 1939, VG-/GOOD-, AS-IS, X-LIBRARY Usual Wear, Faded Color DustJacket of 2 Boys Both Wearing Ties watching 2 men running, Back DJ Stain FADE tiny Creases, Spine DJ 2 triangular Chips Top & Sticker Fade Wear, Interior Nice Tight Light Wear, 220 Pgs, NO ADS in Back, BriGHT Blue Cloth Titled in Yellow, Spine Cover has ligHt Soil RUB, .Glossy B/W Frontispiece of 3 People with Binoculars & White Dog looking out Window at man & bird going Up Steps Across Street, Title Page STAMP, . Spotlight Books for Boys, Home in NY for Summer Vacation Tubby is Buying Brilliant .Taste for Mystery & Adventure.

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. HBDJ, Red Cloth with embossed black Lettering on front & Spine, Cover light rub, wear, Scuff & Lite Soil Spots & Corner Bump , 1926. Later Edition , VG+/VG-, Cover has Shield on Spine, Inner Flap DJ lists Thru Ocean Bottom & pretext list thru Lost Ships, 12mo - over 634" - 734" tall. Interior Nice tight Light Wear FoX , 214 pgs + Ads with Catalogue , DJ some rub, wear & small chips Extremities & some light Staining mainly Spine DJ,

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. HBDJ, 1922, Early Edition,VG/GOOD, AS-IS, In Dust Jacket. NearFine blue cloth binding Lettered in Red with illustration on front in DJ with Chipping Wear Tears along Fold, Spine ends DJ small pieces out, Back DJ FOX wear Tiny Chips Extremities,front inner flap DJ & POST TEXT lists thru at Summer Carnival, 248 PGS + ADS Thru Six little Bunkers at Lighthouse Nells.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. HBDJ, 1915, Early Edition, POOR DJ With Large Chunk out of DJ Spine & Back More Half DJ Missing but Front DJ is Intact with Chipping Creases, Green Illustrted Cloth with small Corner Ding, & Back Cover with Warbling wrinkle Corner, BOOK VG-, Interior Nice Tight Clean light FOX , Wear, PreText List Thru This Title + Moving Picture Girls & Bobbsey twins Meadowbrook, 212 Pgs + ADS, . Glossy B/W Frontispiece of 4 Girls in Dresses on Beach with Ties at NecK & Wearing Hats at they Find BoX,

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. HBDJ,1925, Later Edition, decorated Bright Red cloth lettered in Black WITH Fish on Front, VG/VG , AS-IS, Cover minor rub & Wear ,Nice & Tight Light Soil Cover & tiny white stain on Spine,226 pgs, plus 6 pgs of publ ads in back, DJ light rub, wear & Tiny Small Chips Extremities, Interior Nice tight Clean light FoX & Wear, Mended small Tape Repair Back Edge DustJacket, Lists to Tuffy Bean Funny Bone Farm plus 4 other ads on the same page. The pages are nice, clean, and tight with a glossy B&W frontispiece and glossy B&W internals. There is a little foxing along the outer edges of the pages. The exterior has wear at the top and bottom of the spine, edges, and corners-small tears on the top and bottom of the spine-with some fading along the spine-some discoloration on the binding-fading spots on the binding, In the back it lists to Tuffy Bean Lost Fortune with 3 other ads on that page and it has 10 other pages of ads-if you need the listings of any please email me. The dust jacket has chipping along the edges-a couple of small closed tears-tape on the top of the back corner-scuffing, It has a description of the story on the front flap, it lists to Buffalo Bill Bathtub on the back flap, and it lists to Poppy Ott Hits The Trail on the back cover. This is a fairly nice copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. HBDJ, VG/VG- , AS-IS, 1929, 1ST LISTS TO ITSELF PRETEXT & ON BACK OF DJ WHICH HAS SCUFF FEW TEARS SMALL STAINS , DARK GREEN CLOTH CVR WITH BLACK TITLES, LISTS TO ITSELF PRE-TEXT IN FRONT, ADS IN BACK ,BOOK IS IN NEAREXCELLENT CONDITION WITH NICELY ILLUSTRATED ENDPAGES. THE FRONTISPIECE AND DUST JACKET COVER ARE BY CHRIS SCHAARE. THE UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET HAVE SOME WEAR/TEAR. 244 pgs, 11 Ads in back, OCTAVO, BLUE TOPSTAIN ,1929, 1ST LISTS TO ITSELF PRETEXT & ON BACK OF DJ , After a night of thrills, he gets possession of it once more and discovers the real owner but before he can deliver it, he and two other lads are buried beneath a collapsing building; but before he can turn it over to him, he and two other lads are An Endless amount of trouble comes 2 Barry who has been Entrusted with the delivery of an Odd-Looking Box. His Quest for its Owner makes a Story that is filled with lively events.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. HBDJ,1924. Early Edition, VG/FAIR, THICK Bound Blue embossed Illustrated Cloth Cvr light rub, Wear, Titled in Gold Gilt on Spine, Book Condition: Very. Dust Jacket Condition: FAIR with Rub, Wear, Soil Chips Tears, Scuff Edges . Reprint. . Hard Cover In very good clean condition. In a fair edgeworn and chipped dust wrapper with tear to bottom spine. Interior nice tight Clean light Rub, Wear,Fox, 384 Pgs, NO ADS in Back . Harry Furness and Herbert Rippinhall find themselves on opposite sides of the great conflict between the Cavaliers and Roundheads, with adventures galore as Charles II struggles to regain the throne. RARE vintage book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. HBDJ, 1923, Early Edition, , VG+/VG+, Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good DJ. Textured Blue Cloth Hardback white Titles,271 pgs, Gorgeous jacket in new mylar. Book is unmarked, tight as new and ALMOST clean as a whistle , & Serge travel with Dog Sleds from St. Michaels in northern part of Alaska to a point 2,000 miles up the Yukon. Curiously carved Tooth that exerts powerful & mysterious influence over their Fortunes. For it carries Luck with it Both Good & Bad.

Hard Cover. No Jacket. Hard Cover. No Jacket. HB NODJ, 1st edition, later Printing, Lists to itself before Contents Pg, 217 Pgs, Interior Nice, Tight Clean, Ads in Back The Nancy Drew Mystery Stories lists 13 titles to this Title, Then Headline Books for Girls 6 Titles, NF/NF-, NODJ, THICK Blue cloth decorated & lettered in Orange minor Rub wear & tiny chips Extremities, spine sunned,

Hard Cover. No Jacket. Hard Cover. No Jacket. HB NODJ, 1st edition, later Printing, Lists to itself before Contents Pg, 217 Pgs, Interior Nice, Tight Clean, Ads in Back The Nancy Drew Mystery Stories lists 10 Titles , Then Dana Girls 5 titles thru Secret Hermitage, Then Books for Girls 7 titles, NF/NF-, NODJ, THICK Blue cloth decorated & lettered in Orange minor Rub wear & tiny chips Extremities, spine sunned,

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. PICTURED by Jeanne Farrar (illustrator). First Edition. HARDBACK NODustjacket, 1ST EDITION, UNDATED, COVER FAIR+, AS-IS, NOJACKET, , Spine Back-strip removed exposing netting. 7 X 4 3/4 IN. An old book with signs of wear. 63 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial card boards. Clear and light text pages. Bold and clear image plates firmly bound in throughout. Internally fine-. Mild foxing at ends. Boards rubbed along edges with bumped corners.No dust jacket.

Hard Cover. No Jacket. First Edition. HARDBACK NODUSTJACKET, Issued August 1906, 1st Edition, 1st Printing, GOOD+/GOOD-, AS-IS, NOJACKET, Blue Turquoise cloth Decorated & Title in Gold Gilt with wear rub cvr edges. Hardcover. Book Condition: GOOD. First Edition/First Printing. A hard to find hardcover book which has been read, and shows some light wear, with no dust jacket. Spine cvr Fade & Wear ends & Edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. HBDJ, 1910. Early Edition, Pretext Lists Thru Dorothys Tour. 12mo. Grey & Blue Decorated cloth Hard Cover with Girl in Hat inside Circle on front. Book Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good -. AS-IS, Reprint. This #9 in the Dorothy series lists to #11 in book. Rough edges at top and bottom of spine, a tiny insect damage spot and very mild edgewear show on the beige cloth boards. Cover has Dorothy in period costume decorated in blue with black letters and decorations. Dust Jacket spine is completely faded but front and back are bright and show only mild soil Quite a few DJ small tears tiny chips and rough edges can be found, Back DJ small chips , but this book and jacket are in amazingly good shape for a book nearly 100 years old. 260 pgs , NO ADS IN Back, Spine ends DJ small chips Tears.

Hard Cover. No Jacket. HB NODustJacket, 1928,1st edition, 7th printing, Pre-Text Lists Thru this Title, Brown cloth Cover Has minor Rub, Wear & Scuff & small Chips Spine Ends, , Tiny Chips Extremities, VG+/VG, AS-IS ,NOJACKET, Interior Book Nice, Tight Clean, Light FoX,Wear, 212 pgs,Ads in Back starting with Hardy Boys Series listing 15 titles ending with Figure Hiding,Then Scott Flying Stories with 18 titles ending with Castaways, Spotlihgt Books For Boys , Last AD for Hot off Gridiron bks , Publishers Dye top Edge small Stain.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. HBDJ, 1938, 1st Edition, VG+/VG, AS-IS, Inner Flap DJ lists thru this Title, DJ light Wear, tiny Tears , Tiny Chips Extremities &Light Creases, Back DJ light FOX, Creases & tiny Mended Tears, Lists Thru G-Men Professor s Gang, Bright Orange Illustrated Cloth with Design Black Camera & Titles on Front & Spine, Interior Nice tight Clean light FOX, Wear, 213 pgs ,NO ADS in Back , Publishers Blue Stain top outer pages Edge Light Wear, DJ Spine Ends Tiny chips, This is the first ever printing for this title. DJ Proptected Clear Mylar, Pages are crisp and tight . There is no writing in the book. A square and solid book with bright boards and lettering, ,Jimmies Candid Camera helps him gather clues & Evidence in thrilling Detective Case with his Friend, Tom Howe, Mystery ,Jimmie uses his camera to solve mysteries; Setting His Camera for a Close-Up, Jimmie Squinted Thru the Finder . Internally Illustrated By F. E. Warren in B/W, The back flap has a synopsis for the first G-Men story, Smash Professor s Gang.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. HARDBACK NODJ,1897, 1st edition, VG/VG-, AS-IS, NOJACKET, Beige , Brown Blue & Black Illustrated Cloth Cover light Rub, Wear & tiny cHips Extremities, 276 Pgs with Creases Last Pg, NO ADS IN Back, Interior Nice tight clean light FOX, Wear,

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. HBDJ, 1902 ,1st Edition, FAIR- DJ with Large Pieces out All Across Bottom Front Removing Authors Name & Very Bottom Illustration , but Most of Illustration on front is Nice & Title of Book showS at TOP DJ Edge, BOOK VG- CONDITION, Spine DJ FOX & small chip Across Bottom , DJ Tiny Chips Tears Extremities, Gorgeous THiCK Yellow Gold CLoth Boards pictorial paste-down Replicates DJ Illustration in Color Titled in Black, CoveR light Wear chipping along Spine Edge, Interior Nice tight Clean FOXing stains, light Wear, 433 PGS + ADS Ending Great Pictures as Moral Teachers, Boards are lightly soiled and rubbed, small holes in cloth near spine, LIGHT gift inscription, page edges are lightly soilEd, pictorial end papers are lightly foxeD light stain on the foot of the first few pages, tan pictorial DJ is soiled, chipped and rUbbed, large open tear on front cover, internally clean with sound binding.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. HBDJ, 1919, Early Edition, VG+/GOOD-, AS-IS, Grey, black , Yellow Illustrated Cloth of 4 Girls with Ribbon in Hair, Cover light Wear , DJ Rub,Wear, Soil Scuff & Tiny Chips Tears,Creases Extremities, 5 1/8 x 7 5/8, DJ spine Ends & Middle Light Chipping, Top Spine DJ Piece out Affecting Corner & Girls, DJ Tiny Chips Tears Extremities, Back DJ Creases FOX Lists Polly Series thru Haunt, Interior Nice Tight Clean light FOX , Wear, 252 Pgs + ADS Corner House thru Solve Mystery & Linda Lane thru Helps Out. This Splendid Story of adventures of 4 Very Attractive Young Girls who occupy the old Corner House left to them by a Rich Bachelor Uncle include Mystery, Jokes, Action.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. HBDJ, 1901. Reprint. book VG/ POOR DJ, Dustjacket some wear, FOX, edge Fade, spine DJ small piece out bottom affects publ & some of illustration & at top affects Title, DJ, Rub & Couple pieces out on front, one of which affects Luggage in illustration, st. (adhesion holes [2] along frontis' gutter)/Gd (old tape reinforcement to back side along spine/lower portion of spine panel lacking, extending into lower left portion of front panel). Beautiful Hardback Binding is Pale blue decorative cloth with Red, black & Beige which replicates DJ design nice Condition light Wear, .12mo. Back DJ small extremities Chips Fox Wear lists thru That Treasure, 243 pgs, NO ADS in Back, Interior Nice tight Clean light FOX, Wear,

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. First Edition. HBDJ, 1923 , 1st Edition, 1st Printing, BK VG-/ DJ POOR CONDITION, AS-IS, Edge and corner wear to the DJ, Piece DJ out Across PART of Bottom Front DJ Taking out LEE & CLIFTON in Authors Name & Piece out Top DJ takes out Boys, DJ scuffed and Rubbed, chipping along the edges and head and tail of the Darkened spine of the dj with pieces missing and a piece missing from the center of the spine of the dj, spine of the dj is faded, corners are lightly bumped and rubbed, some shelf wear, toning and foxing, overall a collectible used first edition! MaroonRed cloth with black lettering on the front board and spine has small stain top front cvr. . Dj is nicely preserved in a brand new protective mylar plastic cover! Very scarce title! 248 unmarked and uncreased suspense-filled and mystery-riddled pages nicely enhanced by black and white illustrations! ADS at Back end with Jack Stone of Tait School, Back DJ edge chips Tears & piece out across top DJ of about 1 in. or so ends with Boy Scouts on The Trail . Brown & White Illustrated Endpapers of Scout in Boat Holding a Fish as Boys on Shore Wave Approvingly FOX, .Boys have seen Aviator from Government Camp flying overhead exhibiting signals of Distress, Plane falls into Midst of a Morass & the boys lose no time in organizing a Rescue Expedition, How they pitch camp in Midst Gloomy Swamp, How they discover a little runaway Boy, how they get some dandy photographs of wild Animals are only a part of the appetizing list of happenings which fall to their lot , For Boys From 8 to 14. Very rare with the dust jacket! "Here is an entirely new series of outdoor books for boys ---- as the title indicates ---- which will lead them into paths of wholesome adventure and excitement. The Camp Fire Boys are a group of chums of high school age, living in the small town of Chester. They spend their occasional holidays in hiking to neighboring.

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Thus. Glossy B/W Frontispiece What do You Mean , Who is He ? of Woman in Skirt & White Blouse with 2 Men in Room , in front of Fireplace. Glossy B/W Internals. HBDJ, Published August 1903, Stated 1st Edition THUS, Very Good- Book CONDITION of Green & Red Illustrated Cloth of Beautiful Flowered Tree Branches with Gold Gilt embossed Lettering to Cvr, in GOOD Dustjacket, AS-IS, DJ with FOX, small Stains & edge wear & tears & spine DJ small End Chips affects Part of Publ Name Bottom!, Back DJ light Soil lists thru the Westerners with tiny Chip holes & tiny Tears edges etc, Interior nice tight clean light FOX, Wear, with Few Blank Margin Stains, 406 pgs .Description of Village Life will Arouse the Tender Memories of Many. The story of a school teacher's wooing and marriage.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. HBDJ, 1912, 1st Edition,2nd Printing, Front Inner Flap Lists Thru Young Wild Fowlers, VG/GOOD-, AS-IS, DJ Light Rub, wear small Chips Extremities, Spine DJ Chips Ends yet Titles Intact except bottom little removed, THICK Dark Mustard Yellow Red & Black Cloth Cover of Boat in Water with Red Sun in Backgroun, Cover light rub, wear, Interior Nice tight Clean light Rub, wear FOX, 336 pgs, NO ADS IN BACK, Back DJ Fox Stains lists thru Blue Unlucky Tib with couple 2 in. or so pieces out DJ Top Edge , Light Soil Back Cover outer Hinge tiny chips at Spine edge , Propeller and wings logo to spine. 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Brown & White Illustrated Endpapers of Scout in Boat Holding a Fish as Boys on Shore Wave Approvingly, but there Is a name and date (1927) written in ink on the page before the title page. HBDJ, 1924, 1st Edition , Lists to Itself on Front Inner Flap DJ & PostText, NF+/VG-, AS-IS, Interior Nice tight Clean light FOX, Wear, DJ light Rub, wear tiny Chip Tears Extremities Edges, Spine DJ Chips Ends at Top Take out Fire in Campfire, Back DJ light Soil, Wear, Fox tiny Chips Edges Lists Thru Boy Scouts in Africa, Purple & Black Illustrated Cloth Cover Lettered in Black Duplicates DJ Illustration light Rub, Wear Scuff, 246 Pgs + ADS THRU Sons of Old Elit, About 7 3/4 by 5 1/4 inches. but there is a name and date (1927) written in ink on the page before the title page. Clean pages, although starting to yellow, and tight binding - The hardcover book - just a couple of white marks on the front cover and bumping to the spine top & bottom. The dust jacket is covered with mylar so it is well-protected from further wear. It looks like there were some tears and a piece missing from the top of the spine. . For Boys From 8 to 14. Group of Resourceful Boys Living in SmallTown from a camping & Hiking Club, which brings them all sort of Out-Door Adventures & Mystery, The Boys are All Likeable & Manly. Just the sort of Fellows that every other wide-awake Boy Would be Glad to go Hiking With,

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. HBDJ, 1933, 1st Edition, Rear advertisements list through The Doom of Stark House the eigth in the series. VG-/GOOD+, AS-IS, Scarce dustjacket has some light edgewear and a piece of Tape across the bottom of the spine. Some scraping there as though a sticker was removed. Book is lightly worn at corners, first couple pages have some foxing. RUB & Scuff Folds DJ, Sunning to Spine DJ & Scuff Wear,DJ Tiny Chips Tears Extremities, GREY & Red Illustrated Cloth cover of Boy in front of World Globe, Cvr light rub, Wear, Interior Nice tight clean light FOX, WEAR, FoX to Outer Pgs Edges, Number 9 (the penultimate) in the Hal Keen series, Back DJ light Tape Residue & Lists Thru Doom of Stark House, Also a small piece (measuring about 1.5 inches square) torn out of the edge of the back free endpaper. 212 Pgs + ADS in Back Thru Footprints Under the Window, Publishers Red Dye Stain Top outer edges Pgs,.Also a small piece (measuring about 1.5 inches square) torn out of the edge of the back free endpaper. Back Inner Flap DJ lists Thru Hardy Boys Footprints Under Window .Meet Hal Keen, that Lanky Nonchalant red-headed Youth whose guiding star points to Adventure & is Captured by Tribe Savage Amazon Indians.

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. First Edition. HBDJ, 1913, 1st Edition, Book VG+/ DJ POOR Condition, Only 75% of DJ is Present affecting T & O in TOM & LARGE Chip Bottom removing most Authors Name YET MOST Illustration INTACT, Spine pieces missing ends DJ, BACK DJ LARGE Chip across top & small at Bottom, Beautiful Orange Yellow white Black illustration Duplicates DJ Picture Leterred in Gold Gilt Cover light Rub Wear, Interior Nice Tight Clean light Wear, 281 pgs NO ADS IN Back,

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. HBDJ, 1912, 1st Edition,2nd Printing, Front Inner Flap Lists Thru Young Wild Fowlers, VG/GOOD-, AS-IS, DJ Light Rub, wear small Chips Extremities,Front DJ small 1 in. chip Bottom & Corner small triangular Chip Top right Titles are Intact, Spine DJ Chips Ends & in Middle small piece out with Author 1st Name Missing, THICK Dark Mustard Yellow Red & Black Cloth Cover of Boat in Water with Red Sun in Backgroun, Cover light rub, wear, Interior Nice tight Clean light Rub, wear FOX, 328 pgs, + ADS IN BACK thru Pony Express, Back DJ Fox Soil lists thru Blue Unlucky Tib with couple tiny Chips Tears Extremities, Light Soil Back Cover outer Hinge light wear edge , Propeller and wings logo to spine. 8vo.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. HBDJ, 1912, 1st Edition, Front Inner Flap Lists Thru this Title, VG/GOOD, AS-IS, DJ Light Rub, wear small Chips Extremities, Spine DJ Chips Ends takes out ton in Winston & Tiny bit Title opposite end, THICK Dark Mustard Yellow Red & Black Cloth Cover of Boat in Water with Red Sun in Backgroun, Cover light rub, wear, Interior Nice tight Clean light Rub, wear FOX, 336 pgs, NO ADS IN BACK, Back DJ Fox Stains lists Brighton Boys , Bell Haven thru Eleven, Light Soil Back Cover , Propeller and wings logo to spine. 8vo.

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. HBDJ, 1927, Early Issue, Pretext lists Thru Mystery of Derelict. Blue cloth, youth on ropeladder pictured in black. HardbackBook Condition: Very Good with Lite Rub, Wear. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. AS-IS, Howard L. Hastings (illustrator). Slight lean from stacking to Book; sharp corners, bumps to spine, very minimal yellowing. DustJacket is bright and colorful, pictures youth on the back of a rhino with the others hiding in trees. DJ Wear to spine ends and corners, & all Extremities with minor soiling to back DJ Lists Thru Secret Sky Express with FOXING. A super clean, unmarked copy. 310 Pgs + ADS End With Bomba Jungle Boy & Hostile Chieftain, . with Much Ingenuity these boys fit themselves into the wild Life of the Island they are Cast Upon after a Storm, Boys Typical shipwreck story.