Book Details + Condition: The Open Court Publishing Co. (Chicago). First Edition, 1917. Hardcover with frontispiece of Phantom Ship. 125 pages with bibliography and index. Author Wilbur Bassett emphasizes the necessity of carefully preserving authentic tales from those who lived on the seas. He describes, in detail, the five basic classes of uncanny ship stories: Reward Ships, Punishment Ships, Specters, Ships of the Death Voyage, and Devil Ships. He provides an illustrative tale of each, followed by analysis of each theme, looking at similar stories throughout the world. Firm binding; lightly bumped corners; minor shelf wear to boards, with a small area of discoloration to rear; interior is clean and free of markings, save university stamp to bottom of last page of Index.
