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Falmouth For Orders: The Story Of A Sailing Race Around Cape Horn
by Villiers, A.J.(Alan)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Hagerstown, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
NY: Henry Holt & Co, 1929. 1st priting; brown c w/fading gilt spine titles; lite wear at extremities 301 clean, unmarked pages.owner's name..Thrilling story of a sailing race between sailing ships Herzogin Cecilie and the Beatrice in 1926-27 from around Cape Horn To Falmouth where each ship would await further orders as to their final destination, hence the name. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by B/W Photos. 8 Vo.
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- Bookseller
- Dorley House Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 109066a
- Title
- Falmouth For Orders: The Story Of A Sailing Race Around Cape Horn
- Author
- Villiers, A.J.(Alan)
- Illustrator
- B/W Photos
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- Henry Holt & Co
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1929
- Size
- 8 Vo
- Keywords
- NAUTICAL; Sailing; Atlantic Oceans
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About the Seller
Dorley House Books
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Hagerstown, Maryland
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