The Monarch of Juan Fernandez BALLARD HB

The Monarch of Juan Fernandez by Martin Ballard, Illustrated by A. R. Whitear 1967 HBDJ - 192 pages. This is the story of Alexander Selkirk Alexander, a Scottish privateer and Royal Navy officer who spent 4 years and 4 months as a castaway after being marooned by his captain on an uninhabited island in the South Pacific Ocean. His story of survival was the inspiration for Defoe's "Robinson Crusoe."

Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Only date shown is 1967 copyright.

Format: Hardback with dust jacket. EX LIB.

Condition: EX LIB. Jacket in Acceptable condition. Clipped at lower front flap, but upper front flap unclipped with $3.95 retail price showing. Chipping and edge tearing, and soiling. Volume; in Good condition. Typical ex lib markings and card jacket remainder. Small bookseller's price label affixed to inside front blank flyleaf. No markings or tears noted on inside pages. Tightly bound. Photos illustrate condition.