'... a fascinating trio of diaries ... Mr Clarke on a Western Ocean voyage as a passenger in the 1830s ... apprentice Alex Whitehead in the 626 ton China trader "Vanguard" ...; another passenger [Edward Lacey] who sailed in the ship Orient in the 1860's ...' - Introduction. - 'Nothing has been added to these three accounts beyond explanatory notes' - book jacket.
Also published: New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1974.
Diaries from the days of sail by Robert Charles Bell. ISBN 0214200752. Published by Barrie and Jenkins in 1974. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.