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ALONE AGAINST THE ATLANTIC
by Spiess, Gerry; Bree, Marlin
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0898935067
- ISBN 13
- 9780898935066
- Seller
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Concord, California, United States
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About This Item
Control Data Publishing, 1981. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Aldo Abelleira. Octavo, hardcover, fine in VG blue pictorial dj. First printing of first edition. 224 pages with photos, drawings, map, glossary. Speiss, a Minnesota schoolteacher planned and worked for six years to build the small sailboat that would carry him alone across the Atlantic, the "Yankee Girl," a ten foot sailboat. Map endpapers showing route. This chronicles his preparations, frustrations, hardships, and achievement. Beautiful frontis of "Yankee Girl" at dawn in color. This is the story of his 3,800 mile voyage with 50 photos.
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- Bookseller
- bookwitch
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 75790
- Title
- ALONE AGAINST THE ATLANTIC
- Author
- Spiess, Gerry; Bree, Marlin
- Illustrator
- Aldo Abelleira
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0898935067
- ISBN 13
- 9780898935066
- Publisher
- Control Data Publishing
- Place of Publication
- Minneapolis
- Date Published
- 1981
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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- Octavo
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- VG
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