At One With The Sea. Alone Around The World
by James, Naomi
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 009136860X
- ISBN 13
- 9780091368609
- Seller
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Greenwood, Nova Scotia, Canada
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About This Item
London: Hutchinson/Nelson, Foster & Scott, 1979. On 8 June 1978 Naomi James had become the first woman to sail single-handed around the globe via Cape Horn- and in the fastest time ever. She set a new round-the-world record and made sailing history. This story of heroism with the human touch, of epic courage and endurance, must rank as a classic in the literature of great adventures. Illustrated with color and b/w photos. Map endpapers. Book plate to fep, name to half-title page. Photographic dust jacket. Jacket photos by Naomi James and Robert Enever. Diary of the voyage to rear inside flap. A very nice copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gilt Edge Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- B1924
- Title
- At One With The Sea. Alone Around The World
- Author
- James, Naomi
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 009136860X
- ISBN 13
- 9780091368609
- Publisher
- Hutchinson/Nelson, Foster & Scott
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- Nautica +Travel + Sailing + Sailing History + Falkland Islands + World Voyage + Voyages + Nautica Non Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nautica;
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