Before the Wind The Memoir of an American Sea Captain 1808-1833 by Tyng, Charles

New York, NY: Viking. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1999. First Printing. Hardcover. 0670886327 . DJ has a stasin, not affecting book. .

NY: THE VIKING PRESS. OWNER'S INS. TO FFEP, SIGNED BY SUSAN FELS, EDITOR TO TITLE PAGE. . Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 1999.

New York: Viking, 1999. A square, tight copy. The Dust Jacket is NOT price clipped (24.95). No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Bound in the original blue boards, with an off-white spine lettered in shiny gold. List of chapter notes. Index. First printing with the complete number row (13579108642) on the copyright page. From the Dust Jacket: "From mermaids to mutinies, shipwrecks to cholera, the life of Charles Tyng was a nonstop voyage of adventure. His quarter century under sail took him around the world half a dozen times. Fortunately, he proved to be as natural a storyteller as he was a sailor... This is social history at its best, told in an authentic New England voice dryly recounting the story of a life from reluctant schoolboy to ship's captain and owner. Tyng's anecdotes come thick and fast, serious and humorous.". First Printing of the First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine condition/Very Good… Read More

New York: Viking, 1999. Remainder mark. Otherwise a clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. Not a book club edition. Not price clipped (24.95). No owner's name or bookplate. A few illustrations. Previously unpublished journal. In 1808 at the age of 13, Charles Tyng began service aboard the brig Cordelia as a 'ship's boy.' By his fourth voyage, Tyng had become a mate, and captain of his own ship by his early twenties. Tyng made and lost fortunes in tea, sugar, and cotton while voyaging across the Atlantic, the Pacific, and the Caribbean, with visits to Cuba, China, Europe, Indonesia, etc. He recounts his associations with Lord Byron, King Kamehameha of Hawaii, the British princess (later queen) Victoria, and others. From the Dust Jacket: "From mermaids to mutinies, shipwrecks to cholera, the life of Charles Tyng was a nonstop voyage of adventure. His quarter century under sail took him around the world half a dozen times. Fortunately, he proved to be… Read More

New York: Viking Press, 1999. First Edition. First printing Fine in paper covered boards. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. Edited by Susan Fels the great-great-granddaughter of Captain Charles Tyng. At the age of 13 Charles Tyng was signed aboard the brig Cordelia in 1808 as a ship's boy by his father. He spent the next 25 years at sea becoming a captain in his early twenties. 270 pages containing an index and text.

NY: LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD. NICE, CLEAN COPY. . VG. Hardcover. First Edition. 1976.

New York: Penguin , 2000. Reprint. Paperback. Good. Apart from being a consummate sailor - Tyng sailed around the world half a dozen times - the author was also an engaging storyteller. He first boarded a ship and thirteen years old and then lived life to the full, tussling with pirates, shipwrecks and storms, dropping into opium dens, making and losing fortunes, but surviving to tell the tale. Good Paperback Reprint. 270 pages with an index Weight 0.5kg. Post free within Malaysia The cover has a very small mount of wear and the text block is tanned. The binding is tight, the text is clear and there is medium tanning throughout.

New York: Viking. 1999. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. .