'because the Horn is there...'
by Smeeton, Miles
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0888260261
- ISBN 13
- 9780888260260
- Seller
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Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Sidney, BC: Gray's Publishing Ltd.. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1970. First Canadian Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0888260261 . Light edge wear and creasing of dust jacket, top fore corner a little bumped ; A bright solid, book, DJ in Mylar. Jacket art taken from painting by Deryck Foster ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 169 pages; This is the story of ex-pat Brits Miles and Beryl Smeeton's east to west trip around the Horn, starting in England and finishing in Victoria BC - a 19,000 mile jaunt. This was their 3rd attempt - the first two attempts ended with their boat Tzu-Hang capsizing during the Cape Horn traverse and then ending in a Chilean port. The Smeetons have written a number of other books detailing their many adventures .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17136
- Title
- 'because the Horn is there...'
- Author
- Smeeton, Miles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Canadian Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0888260261
- ISBN 13
- 9780888260260
- Publisher
- Gray's Publishing Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- Sidney, BC
- Date Published
- 1970
- Keywords
- 0888260261, Sailing, Cape Horn
- Bookseller catalogs
- MARITIME;
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About the Seller
Ainsworth Books
Biblio member since 2003
Chilliwack, British Columbia
About Ainsworth Books
Ainsworth Books was for many years a bricks and mortar store in Vancouver, BC. When we acquired the store, we moved to a location in Delta. After three years we moved the stock home and started operation as an online, by appointment only operation. I have worked with books my whole adult life and enjoy giving recommendations.
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