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London: Arabian Publishing Ltd, 2006. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 10" x 13.5. 224pp. Accounts and good quality photography of sailing vessels in the north Indian ocean. A clean and sound book with some shelf wear to the dust wrapper. Very heavy, some destinations may trigger a request for additional shipping charges, but this will avoided where possible. Non-UK destinations can only be shipped if you select the fast / expedited service at checkout. Please email with any queries regarding this book. 10"x13.5
Sons of Sindbad by Alan Villiers - 1940
by Alan Villiers
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Sons of Sindbad
by Alan Villiers
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Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1940. Hardcover. Good. 1940. First Edition. 345 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Includes black & white plates. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding is weak. Pen inscription to front pastedown. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Spine has crushing to both ends causing fraying to cloth. Book has forward lean. White staining present.
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Sons of Sindbad: The Photographs, Dhow Voyages with the Arabs in 1938-39 in the Red Sea, Round the Coasts of Arabia, and to Zanzibar and Tanganuyika; ... of the Shipmasters and Mariners of Kuwait
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Sons of Sindbad : an Account of Sailing with the Arabs in their Dhows, in the Red Sea, round the coasts of Arabia, and to Zanzibar and Tanganyika ; Pearling in the Persian Gulf ; and the Life of the Shipmasters and the Mariners of Kuwait
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Hodder & Stoughton, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. the original boards are shelf worn and a little marked. the book has a previous owner's inscription. the binding is excellent and the book is complete with all plates as called for.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1940T. hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Hodder & Stoughton, 1940 first edition. Pages clean and bright, inscription on first page, binding firm, minor shelf wear to cover.
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Sons Of Sindbad: An Account Of Sailing With The Arabs In Their Dhows, In The Red Sea, Round The Coasts Of Arabia, And To Zanzibar And Tanganyika; Pearling In The Persian Gulf; And The Life Of The Shipmasters And The Mariners Of Kuwait
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New York Ny: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. First American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Xv, 429 Pp. Red Cloth. First American Printing, With Scribner's Seal And "A" On Copyright Page. Fine. Dust Jacket Priced $3.75, Very Bright And Clean, No Fading Slight Wear Along Upper And Lower Edges. Generically Inscribed By The Author.
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Sons of Sindbad.: An Account of Sailing with the Arabs in their Dhows, in the Red Sea, round the Coasts of Arabia, and to Zanzibar and Tanganyika; Pearling in the Persian Gulf; and the Life of the Shipmasters and the Mariners of Kuwait.
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London: Hodder & Stoughton Limited,, 1940. First edition, first impression, retaining the scarce jacket in lovely condition, of probably the most desirable of the author's numerous publications and much enhanced by his superb photographs. The Australian master mariner Villiers was described in the American jacket blurb as "the best-known and the last of the great deep-water sailing shipmen". Alan Villiers (1903-1982), "a sea captain in the true sense of the word and an outstanding personality", embarked on his nautical career at the age of 15. "There followed many projects requiring his formidable skills of seamanship, command and organisation: sailing with the Parma in the 1932 and 1933 grain races; as proprietor of the sail-training vessel, Joseph Conrad, in 1934-36; training as a pilot, 1937-38; sailing with Arab dhows in the Persian Gulf, 1938-39; and captaining a replica of the Mayflower in its Atlantic crossing in 1957" (ADB). In 1936, following his circumnavigation of the globe in the Joseph…
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