The Ship Would Not Travel Due West by Lewis, David

Temple Press, 1961. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1961. First Published. 154 pages. Illustrative jacket over grey cloth. Contains black and white plates throughout. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Thumb-marking present. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Light tanning to spine and edges. Small marks to boards. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and, creasing. Some tanning to spine. Visible scuffing to edges.

Temple Press, 1961. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1961. First Published. 154 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over grey cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white photographic plates and illustrations. Minor foxing and tanning to pages and plates; some heavier spots where newspaper slips have been kept. More prominent to text block edges, lighter to pastedowns and free endpapers. Light cracking to gutters; some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has light tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Unclipped dust jacket with minor rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Moderate tanning and scuffing overall.

Temple Press Limited, 1961. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1961. First Published. 154 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over grey cloth. Black and white illustrations and photographic plates throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with chips and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges.

Temple Press, 1961. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1961. First Edition. 154 pages. Beige and grey pictorial dust jacket over grey cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. Light wear to unclipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners.

Rupert Hart-Davis, 1963. hardcover. Good. . Dust jacket shows shelf wear and small tears. Edges shows light shelf wear. Pages are clean and intact.

Rupert Hart-Davis, 1963. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Rupert Hart-Davis, 1/1/1963 12:00:00 AM. hardcover. Good. in x in x in. No dust jacket. Has blue covers with dark blue lettering on spine.

A very good hardcover in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. The pages are clean and the binding is excellent. A serious collector's copy. 192 pages. Illustrated with B & W Photos. The dust jacket was designed by Winston Megoran. The true story of the first single-handed Trans-Atlantic race, and the return voyage, in the 25 foot Vertue yacht "Cardinal Vertue". One of the scarce Mariners Library Edition books. This is no.47 in the series.