The Epic Voyage of the Seven Little Sisters; A 6700-Mile Voyage Alone across the Pacific

Hutchinson, London, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic. acknowledgements of assistance, list of illustrations and appendix. Colour photographic frontispiece, showing author and Eekie the Parrot. The text is illustrated with black-and-white photographs and a few facsimiles of documents. Blue coloured cloth covered boards with gilt illustration to the lower right-hand corner of the front panel and gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. Colour illustrated dustwrapper with blue and ochre coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Black-and-white photograph of author to the rear dustwrapper panel. "On October 15, 1954, William Willis achieved the impossible. Alone on a sinking raft, battered by nearly 4 months of storms and wind, exhausted from lack of sleep, he landed at Pago Pago in British Samoa, 6700 miles from the starting point in Callao, Peru. He had sailed not only further, but also faster than the Kon-Tiki expedition, to complete what has been called "the greatest solo trip since Charles Lindbergh's famous flight". -- from the front fold over panel blurb. This is his story. there is darkening of the edges of the pages, commensurate with age, and a trace of foxing to the front edge of the textblock. Internally clean, bright condition. Right click dustjacket is slightly rubbed, mainly at the head and tail of the spine section and is now protected. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (5), 6-244 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Ships & the Sea; Biography & Autobiography. Inventory No: 0245742. .