SAILING ALONE AROUND THE WORLD Captain Joshua Slocum SEA VOYAGES Sloop SPRAY
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:7480028 | Year Printed: 1954 |
| Subject: MARITIME | Topic: VOYAGES |
| Original/Facsimile: Original | Binding: Hardcover |
| Special Attributes: Illustrated | Author: CAPTAIN JOSHUA SLOCUM |
Offered here is Sailing Alone Around the World, by Captain Joshua Slocum. With an Introduction by Walter Magnes Teller. Illustrated by Thomas Fogarty and George Varian. Originally published in 1899 this edition from 1954. Published in New York by Sheridan House.
Captain Slocum did indeed sail alone around the world, from 1895 to 1898, but did not receive the recognition he deserved. In 1909, at the age of sixty-five, he again took to the seas in t...he good ship Spray, but was never heard from again.
Condition: Very Good for age. Sound binding. Some rubbing to gilt lettering on spine. Inside, pages clean and tight. Illustrated with a b&w photo frontis, numerous drawings and several maps.
Captain Slocum did indeed sail alone around the world, from 1895 to 1898, but did not receive the recognition he deserved. In 1909, at the age of sixty-five, he again took to the seas in t...he good ship Spray, but was never heard from again.
Condition: Very Good for age. Sound binding. Some rubbing to gilt lettering on spine. Inside, pages clean and tight. Illustrated with a b&w photo frontis, numerous drawings and several maps.
