slocum captain joshua fogarty thomas (4 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Fogarty, Thomas; Varian, George (illustrator). Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Thomas Fogarty (illustrator). HB First published both stories together 1948, this 2nd impression 1948. Light brown cloth boards. Blue compass illust front. Blue titles spine. 18.8 x 12.8cm. 384 pages. b/w map illusts on e/ps. b/w illusts. Introduction by Arthur Ransome. Condition: See pic. Boards sunned on front + spine. Small age marks front and back. Minor rub on spine + corners. Outer edge of pages collectively evenly age discoloured. Internally clean, little wear, tight binding, good colour. Boards let it down, good + condition.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Thomas Fogarty; George Varian (illustrator). A smart copy of this illustrated account of the author's single-handed global circumnavigation. Later edition, originally published in 1900. Illustrated with a frontispiece and many in-text or full-age images. A sailing memoir of the author's single-handed global circumnavigation aboard the sloop Spray. Slocum was the first person to sail around the world alone. The book was an immediate success and highly influential in inspiring later travelers. Written by Joshua Slocum, a Nova Scotian-born, naturalised American seaman and adventurer, and a noted writer. He disappeared in November 1909 while aboard his boat, the Spray. Illustrated by Thomas Fogarty and George Varian, American artists and illustrators. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing to the extremities. Fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the boards. A small split in the cloth to the head of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Light age toning to the endpapers. Very Good. book.

1st edition, hardback, 8vo, xvi,294pp, illustarted, page edges gilt, pages browning, otherwise clean and sound, no inscriptions, internal binding shaken but holding, red printed cloth, slightly frayed at top of spine, spine titles faded, Good condition.