The Voyage of the Cap Pilar
by Seligman, Adrian
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Very Good/Near Very Good
- Seller
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Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1939. First Edition. Cloth. Near Very Good/Near Very Good. The tale of seventeen young men and a girl, who went sailing to the South Seas; of a baby who was born to spend the first year of her life in a ship; of twelve who sailed round the world; of the thirteen who joined them, and how, after two years sea wandering, they brought their ship home to London during the stormy days of that third week in September 1938. Very well illustrated with B&W photos. Endpapers illustrated with Maps. 360p p.pages, 880g, 9" tall. Previous owner's name stamped on endpaper and half-title page and an old penciled price and ref. on half-title page. No other inscriptions. Some edge wear to jacket and a tiny bit of chipping on spine. Unclipped. Protected in removable clear plastic wrapper.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cornish Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019584
- Title
- The Voyage of the Cap Pilar
- Author
- Seligman, Adrian
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hodder and Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1939
- Keywords
- MARITIME/TRAVEL/CIRCUMNAVIGATION/SPORTS & RECREATION/SAILING/SAILING AROUND THE WORLD
Terms of Sale
Cornish Books
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About the Seller
Cornish Books
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Penzance, Cornwall
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- Spine
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