Two Against Cape Horn. A Tale of High Adventure at Sea in One of the Least Known Parts of the World
by Roth, Hal
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 039303223X
- ISBN 13
- 9780393032239
- Seller
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DeLand, Florida, United States
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About This Item
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1978. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Very Good/Very Good.
Tan linen with gold spine titles to red cloth; 8vo; 9.5 inches tall; 288 pages with notes; profusely illustrated with color and b/w photographs. First Edition, First Printing.
The bindings are tight and square with a shelf lean. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear with ageing noted on the inside of the dust jacket. The dust jacket has the price and minimal handling wear. . A sailing adventure of two veteran sailors who set out to sail to a little-known archipelago and then around Cape Horn journey from California to Maine and succeeded only after their boat was wrecked on their first attempt.
Tan linen with gold spine titles to red cloth; 8vo; 9.5 inches tall; 288 pages with notes; profusely illustrated with color and b/w photographs. First Edition, First Printing.
The bindings are tight and square with a shelf lean. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear with ageing noted on the inside of the dust jacket. The dust jacket has the price and minimal handling wear. . A sailing adventure of two veteran sailors who set out to sail to a little-known archipelago and then around Cape Horn journey from California to Maine and succeeded only after their boat was wrecked on their first attempt.
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- Bookseller
- Blind Horse Books [ABAA - FABA] (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18143
- Title
- Two Against Cape Horn. A Tale of High Adventure at Sea in One of the Least Known Parts of the World
- Author
- Roth, Hal
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover with Dust Jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 039303223X
- ISBN 13
- 9780393032239
- Publisher
- W.W. Norton & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- South America; Sailing
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