About this title: 'Sir Francis Chichester has become a genuine hero - perhaps the greatest of the adventurers of his time' - "Time". From time immemorial, few narrative genres have had the power to so stir the emotions or captivate the imagination as the true account of a lone adventurer's triumph over the titanic forces of nature. Among the handful of such tales ...
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Edition: 1st American ed.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Coward-McCann [1968, c1967], New York
Description: VG. No Jacket. Very Good. No dust jacket. Very good without the dust jacket. First printing. xvi, 269 p. illus., facsims. 23 cm. read more
Edition: Book Club Edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Coward-McCann, New York
Date Published: 1968
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Nice hard cover, lightly read, some shelf wear & aging to dust jacket, light aging to pages, book club edition, light marks on edges, stk #2608d9. xvi, 269 p. illus., facsims. 23 cm. Includes: Illustrations, Facsimiles. read more
Edition: FIRST EDITION/FIRST PRINTING.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Coward-McCann, New York
Date Published: 1968
Description: Fair. No dust jacket. xvi, 269 p. illus., facsims. 23 cm. Includes: Illustrations, Facsimiles. Hand-written name & date and bookstore sticker on first endpages, otherwise clean inside. Slightly cocked. Some dark spots and a lot of light scratches on covers. Sun-faded spine. Rub wear to top & bottom of spine, corner tips. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Coward-McCann, New York
Date Published: 1968
Description: Good. No dust jacket. xvi, 269 p. illus., facsims. 23 cm. Includes: Illustrations, Facsimiles. Spine faded. Owners name on inside of cover. read more
Edition: Book Club Edition
Binding: Hardback.
Publisher: New York, Coward-McCann, [1968, c.1967]
Date Published: 1968; 1968, c1967
Description: Lightly edgeworn o/w very good jacket. Very good condition. Photographs (Color and B&W); Illustrations (B&W) xvi, 269 p. illus., facsims. 23 cm. read more
Edition: American 1st Edition
Binding: Hardback.
Publisher: New York, Coward-McCann, [1968, c.1967]
Date Published: 1968; 1968, c1967
Description: A few small closed tears o/w very good jacket. Slightly soiled else very good condition. Photographs (Color and B&W) xvi, 269 p. illus., facsims. 23 cm. read more
Edition: First American Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Coward, McCann Inc
Date Published: 1968
Description: A good reading copy only. Dust Jacket may have chips and close tears. Book has tanning or browning due to normal aging process. Book of the Month Club Edition. -First American Edition, Hard Cover, Good / Good. read more
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