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The Last Voyage of the Albatross (Signed)
by Gieg, Chuck and Felix Sutton
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine in a good dust jacket. Some light rubs to extremities. Jacket has some closed edge tears repaired with tape from under
- Seller
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Annapolis, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1962. First printing. Cloth hardcover. Octavo. [x], 177 pages. Near fine in a good dust jacket. Some light rubs to extremities. Jacket has some closed edge tears repaired with tape from underside by prior owner, along with some light soil and minor extremity rubs. Bound in dark blue cloth over boards with spine titled in black. Attractive copy.. Black and white photographs. An account of the tragic loss of the school-ship Albatross in a sudden squall on May 2, 1961. Chuck Gieg was one of the teenaged students on board who survived the incident. Alice Sheldon, who owned and operated the ship with her husband, was lost as were four students and the ship's cook. The Ridley Scott film "White Squall" is based on this incident. <br /> <br /> This copy is inscribed and signed by young Gieg in the year of publication on a sticker that is affixed to the front free endpaper. A rather scarce book.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Back Creek Books LLC, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 989
- Title
- The Last Voyage of the Albatross (Signed)
- Author
- Gieg, Chuck and Felix Sutton
- Illustrator
- Black and white photographs
- Format/Binding
- Cloth hardcover. Octavo. [x], 177 pages
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine in a good dust jacket. Some light rubs to extremities. Jacket has some closed edge tears repaired with tape from under
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First printing
- Publisher
- Duell, Sloan and Pearce
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1962
- Keywords
- shipwreck, white squall, maritime disasters, signed books, gulf of mexico, dry tortugas, school ships
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nautical & Maritime;
Terms of Sale
Back Creek Books LLC, ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
Back Creek Books LLC, ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
Annapolis, Maryland
About Back Creek Books LLC, ABAA/ILAB
We buy and sell quality used and out-of-print books, with an emphasis on Americana, Military and Naval History, and Nautical material. But we have many good books in a variety of subjects. We are located in historic Annapolis, Maryland.
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- Octavo
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- Spine
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- Inscribed
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
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