Rough Passage

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood & Sons Ltd, 1936. In 1934, Commander R.D. Graham sailed alone in his 30-foot yacht Emmanuel from England to Newfoundland, cruised on the coast of Labrador, sailed to Bermuda, and finally brought the small vessel back across the Atlantic. "One of the most remarkable small-boar adventures of this or any other time" (Arthur Ransome).

This book describes a single-handed voyage in a 30 ft, cutter-rigged yacht from Labrador, Canada to Bermuda, and then to England with a soldier crew and a return to Nantucket in the Spring and Summer of 1934. Photographs supplement the text along with maps on both sets of endpapers. Binding is soiled with minor staining, hinge is intact, but cocked.… Read more about this item

London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1952. Book. Illus. by Claud Worth. Very Good. Hardcover. Second Impression. # 9 in the Mariners Library Series. Also included is The Adventures of the Faeroe Islands by M. Helen Graham. Tight and clean, the DJ is price clipped. Previous owner (Mayor of New Bedford, MA) John Bullard bookplate on the front endpaper.

William Blackwood & Sons, 1937. Hardcover. Good. 1937. 235 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping.… Read more about this item

Rupert Hart-Davis, 1952. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1952. Second Impression. 256 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over beige cloth. Black and white photographic plates. Light foxing and tanning to pages, plates, pastedowns and free endpapers. More prominent to text block edges. Some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear. Spine has light sunning with… Read more about this item

London UK: Granada, 1984. Paperback. As New. 256 pages. included in this book is The Adventure of the Faeroe Islands by M. Helen Graham. ; 5 3/8 x 8 1/2

Houghton Mifflin Company, 1937. Book. Illus. by B&W Illustrations. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Presumed First Edition, 1937. Light wear/aging/soiling to covers. Binding is firm. light soiling to endpapers; otherwise interior is evenly toned, free of markings. Fore edge margin of a few leaves show the effect of being unevenly cut..

London: Bloomsbury Press, 1988 Jacket is price-clipped. Copy has private bookplate on FFE, otherwise clean contents

London/Toronto/Sydney/New York, Granada 1985. 256 p. Paperback (Spine of the binding slightly discoloured and with rubbed corner-tips, otherwise in good condition.)