Voyaging: Fifty Years on the Seven Seas in Sail by Holmes, James William - 1972

Dodd, Mead & Company, U. S., 1972. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Dodd, Mead. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Writing on endpaper- DJ price-clipped; 8.60 X 5.60 X 1 inches

Dodd, Mead, 1972. Hardcover. Good. 1.0000 in x 8.6000 in x 5.6000 in. No DJ. Has aquamarine covers with silver lettering on spine. Inscribed by previous owner inside front cover.

New York: Dodd Mead, 1972. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 207pp. 20 color plates from paintings. SHIPS

New York: Dodd Mead, 1972. Book. Illus. by Illustrated By Author. Very Good+. Hardcover. Stated First American Edition.. New York: Dodd Mead, 1972. Stated First American Edition. Very Good+/Very Good+. Illustrated By Author. Stated First American Edition. Clean green cloth boards with bright silver lettering on spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking; pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 207 pgs. Illustrated with paintings (20 color plates) by the author and editor (daughter of Captain James William Holmes). Foreword by John Masefield. Clean dustjacket is unchipped, not price clipped, has one very short closed edge tear at top rear spine corner. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Captain James William Holmes travelled the seven seas in a variety of ships under sail from the age of fourteen in 1869 to his final voyage in 1921. In this remarkable book, edited by his daughter, he passes on his recollections of the… Read More

Dodd, Mead: New York, n.d.(1972), First U.S. edition., 1972 Full cloth; 8vo.,206pp.Illustrated with twenty paintings by the author in full color.Edited by his daughter, Nora Coughlan : Foreword by John Masefield. Brief gift inscription front endpaper, V.Good in V.Good, price-clipped d/j in jacket protector.

New York: N.Y.: Dodd, Mead, 1972. First American Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine in Fine jacket 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp.207. with beautiful colored paintings throughout by the author. From 1869 at the age of 14 to his final voyage in 1921 the author traveled the seven seas in a variety of ships under sail. In this book he recollects the thrill of pitting skill and muscle against primeval forces, racing with unseen rivals, fellowships born, privations, starvation, misery and cold as well as pride in the stately sailing ship. He was a member of the Honorable Company of Master Mariners. tight copy, slight stain on top edge, edges of d/j inside flaps and back cover very slightly yellowed.

Dodd, Mead, 1972. Hardcover. Good.

New York: Dodd, Mead, 1972 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. First Edition. Octavo, sea green cloth covered boards. 207pp. Illustrated with 20 full page color plates of great sailing ships reproduced from paintings by the author. Holmes was not only a deeply experienced ship's captain and chronicler of the last decades of the Tall Ships but also a renowned maritime painter. These stories are the authentic rendition of life under sail in its sunset years. A very tight, fresh, clean, unmarked and apparently unread volume, in a crisp, sharp, bright dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket..

New York: Dodd, Mead & Co. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. 0396064973 . Tight clean book marked only by name to front endpaper. In lightly rubbed dust jacket with light stain to reverse of rear panel; 20 paintings of ships by the author reproduced. 207 pp .