About this title: Riveting tale of a 1,500-mile voyage on a 21-foot sailboat in 1867, undertaken in response to a "Boat Exhibition" and regatta staged by Napoleon III to encourage the youth of France to explore the rivers and streams of their native land. This rapturous account became known as "the book that launched a thousand ships."
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Description: Acceptable. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Rupert Hart-Davis, London, 1954; Hardcover in DJ; 214pp; DJ price-clipped with short tear, clean, tight copy, VG/VG condition. Account of voyage conceived as a piece of showmanship. Edited with an Introduction by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated. Originally published in 1867. Mariners Library No. 24. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Sheridan House Inc
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780246131768ISBN:0246131764
Description: New. New Excellent copy, tight, bright and clean with NO Markings or underlining to text. All items ship from Gig Harbor, Wa within 24 hrs! read more
Edition: Reprint.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Grafton, London
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780246131768ISBN:0246131764
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. light shelfwear, 214p. : ill., maps; 22 cm. Includes: Illustrations, Maps. Originally published: London, 1867. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: GRAFTON
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780246131768ISBN:0246131764
Description: Ex-Library Published by Grafton in 1987. Paperback. Number of pages: 214. Ex. Library copy-usual stamps and marks. Condition: Very Good. May show some slight signs of wear. #8441665 Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Rupert hart-Davis, London
Date Published: 1954
Description: Good in Good jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. The Mariners Library No. 24. Author, inventor of the Rob Roy canoe, headed for Paris from London in 1867. Jacket has a few small tears around the edges. Previous owner's name written in pen on inside front and back covers. Small creases on a few pages. A couple light stains on page edges. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: D.N. Goodchild at The Press at Toad Hall--Publishers of High-Quality...
Date Published: 1999
Description: New in New jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Ith a new Forward by Brian Kolage and an additional Afterword by Edwin Hodder, extracted from his "Life of John MacGregor. " MacGregor is best known for his canoeing prowess and the development of the Rob Roy canoe through which he had an enormous effect on the sport of canoeing in England and also here in America. His voyages in Europe, the Baltic and in the Near East are fascinating works, and this single-handed voyage along the coast of France and ... read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: D.N. Goodchild at The Press at Toad Hall--Publishers of High-Quality..., Philadelphia
Date Published: 1901
Description: New in New jacket. 8vo-over 7.75-9.75 inches tall. MacGregor's great single-hander book; from London to Paris and back by Havre, the Isle of Wight and the South Coast. ----NOTE: THIS IS NOT A FACSIMILE REPRINT. Our books are completely re-typeset and redesigned in a manner respectful of the original volume. We print on opaque, cream-coloured 70 lb offset text stock. Printing is in ink; NO laser printing or photocopies. All original material is present including all original publishers ... read more
Description: Fine/Fine in Mylar cover. With original introduction by Arthur Ransome for this, No. 24 in the Mariners Library. Illustrated by Portrait frontis. First RHD ed. Binding is Cloth Bds. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Sampson Low, Son and Marston, first edition 1867
Description: Small octavo in original gilt illustrated green cloth. The author was an indefatigable single handed sailor who made many of his voyages in canoes. This volume contains his appendices on Boys' Training Ships to whom he gave the proceeds of his writing and also his notes on cooking arrangements at sea in his boats. Illustrated with woodcuts. Pp xii 328 plus 32 advertising pages. A SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY, with a tipped in 4pp letter from the author in his clear ink hand "Dear Clark, ...we had a ... read more
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