Paddy Finn William H. G. Kingston 1883 Griffith and Farran

Paddy Finn
The Adventures of a Midshipman Afloat and Ashore
William H. G. Kingston
Griffith and Farran, 1883
E. P. Dutton & Co.
430 pages
Black and white frontispiece and illustrations

The front hinge is broken and the front end paper has been removed. The binding has breaks but all pages are attached. There is a name and date 1928 written on the half title page. The pages are tanned and foxed and there are several brown age spots, all the page ends are dark green. The cover is edge worn and stained. Acceptable. Hardcover.

Chapter 1:  The top of the morning to you, Terence, cried the major, looking down upon me from the window of his bedroom. I was standing in front of the castle of Ballinahone--the seat of the O'Finnahans, my ancestors--on the banks of the beautiful Shannon, enjoying the fresh air of the early morning. Send Larry up, will you, with a jug of warm water for shaving; and, while I think of it, tell Biddy to brew me a cup of hot coffee. It will be some time before breakfast is ready, and my hand isn't as steady as it once was till I've put something into my inside. The old house had not been provided with bells for summoning the attendants; a loud shout, a clap of the hands, or the clatter of fire irons, answering the purpose..... 1.8 (#0000278)