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London etc.: T. Nelson and Sons, 1898. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good. Red cloth with gilt and black lettering and gilt ills. front and spine, bright and minimally worn, just hints of sp. end and corner rubbing. Frontispiece + ill. t.p. + printed, dated, t.p. + 379 + 94, pub. list), 29 further full page ills, decorated initial letters to each chapter, all edges gilt; early undated Sunday School prize inscription to fr. end-paper, outer sides of end-papers light-moderately tanned, bookseller's tiny gilt-on-black label to corner rear paste-down, otherwise clean, tight and unmarked, a remarkably good copy given age.First pub. in 1876. Apparently a fictional boys adventure story by prolific writer in this genre, pub. list has 12 other titles by him, 4 about ship wrecks and all either maritime of set in exotic locations.. Google yielded no hits for a genuine "Viper" less this early. 14 cm x 19 cm