The Sea Was Our Village.
by Smeeton, Miles
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- BINDING/CONDITION: burgundy binding; the spine is slightly slanted, bookplate on the half-title page; a Good book, with a Good d
- ISBN 10
- 088826044X
- ISBN 13
- 9780888260444
- Seller
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Oroville, California, United States
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About This Item
Sidney, British Columbia:: Gray's Publishing, 1973.. 1st Australian Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: burgundy binding; the spine is slightly slanted, bookplate on the half-title page; a Good book, with a Good dust jacket; the jacket is ragged along the top edge, otherwise intact.. 8vo (about 8.5 inches tall) . Map endpapers. Description: Includes four double sided black and white photo plates. The publisher's blurb reads: ''How is it that a soldier and his mountain climber wife became so much at home on the sea? This book starts off where the Smeetons knew practically nothing of seamanship, and tells how the family acquired their knowledge by numerous adventures. At the same time Miles Smeeton's vivid and witty style introduces to the reader so many intriguing characters and places encountered on their voyage from England across the Atlantic, through the Panama Canal to the Galapagos to Vancouver, to Hawaii, the South Sea Islands, New Zealand and Australia. The author has a genius for mixing with people; his book is not too technical for non-yachting readers as it is high in human and travel interest.''
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- Bookseller
- The Bookworm (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 067492
- Title
- The Sea Was Our Village.
- Author
- Smeeton, Miles
- Format/Binding
- Hardbound
- Book Condition
- Used - BINDING/CONDITION: burgundy binding; the spine is slightly slanted, bookplate on the half-title page; a Good book, with a Good d
- Edition
- 1st Australian Edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 088826044X
- ISBN 13
- 9780888260444
- Publisher
- Gray's Publishing
- Place of Publication
- Sidney, British Columbia:
- Date Published
- 1973.
- Pages
- 224 pages.
- Size
- 8vo (about 8.5 inches tall)
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