Call from the Sea
by Snyman, Archie
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
(Cape Town: Howard Timmins, 1962). 8vo; original blue boards, lettered in black on spine; pictorial dustwrapper; endpaper map; pp. 176; plates. Dustwrapper edgeworn; pages somewhat browned; some foxing. Good condition. "Putting aside considerations of financial security, risking the loss of his legal practice, Archie Snyman bought a yacht ... a lovely boat he could ill afford ... he taught himself to navigate and sail, Senta, off the Natal coast and then with an inexperienced crew set off to cross the Atlantic. ... How they eventually managed to reach their destination makes a story that will enthrall all who love the sea." .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12676
- Title
- Call from the Sea
- Author
- Snyman, Archie
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- (Cape Town: Howard Timmins, 1962)
- Keywords
- Sailing. Yachts. Travel Maritime
- Bookseller catalogs
- Maritime;
Terms of Sale
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
All books offered subject to availability. Returns are accepted where we have erred materially in our description of goods.
About the Seller
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Biblio member since 2018
Port Elizabeth
About Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Christison Rare Books operates as a mail order business, based in Port Elizabeth. We are members of IOBA and SABDA. Whereas we stock thousands of books on a wide variety of subjects, our focus has always been on SE Africa - its peoples, wildlife and history. The store is managed by Lindsay Christison. Although we do not run an open book shop, prospective customers who would like to examine items described in our on-line list of stock are welcome to make an appointment.
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- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...