A GREAT SEA MYSTERY: THE TRUE STORY OF THE "MARY CELESTE"
Book Details + Condition: William Farquhar Payson (New York). First Edition by this publisher, 1930 (nd). Very scarce. Hardcover with dust jacket, measuring just under 7" x 4.5". 173 pages; illustrated with foldout map. Part of Deep Sea Library Series. "Much has been written about the famous derelict, found in mid-ocean without a soul aboard or a clue to explain why she had been abandoned. From time to time solutions have appeared from the records of some alleged survivor or eye-witness, but, as Mr. Lockhardt shows, such solutions are all spurious. The mystery remains to puzzle and to fascinate losing none of its attraction with the passage of years. Here for the first time the facts, taken from official and authoritative documents, are given in full, and the various explanations are in turn examined and refuted. Finally, Mr. Lockhart, from information obtained from unquestionable sources, discloses what is undoubtedly the genuine solution of this greatest of all mysteries of the sea." [Google Books]
A clean and solid copy of a very scarce edition, with firm binding and a clean interior. Original dust jacket shows only minor wear; it still retains the original price, and is protected with a mylar cover.
