Dobbs Ferry, NY: Sheridan House. Hardcover. 1987. Reprint. 8vo 294pp . Very Good+ in Very Good DJ. B&W Illustrations. Top edges foxed. DJ spine top has repaired tear. Unabridged reprint of a classic 1900 account of a one-man crew circumnavigation .

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The classic travel narrative of a Don Quixote-of-the-seas – the first man to circumnavigate the world singlehandedly. Joshua Slocum’s autobiographical account of his solo trip around the world is one of the most remarkable – and entertaining – travel narratives of all time. Setting off alone from Boston aboard the thirty-six-foot wooden sloop Spray in April 1895, Captain Slocum went on to join the ranks of the world’s great circumnavigators – Magellan, Drake, and Cook. But by circling the globe without crew or consorts, Slocum would outdo them all: his three-year solo voyage of more than 46,000 miles remains unmatched in maritime history for its courage, skill, and determination. Sailing Alone around the World recounts Slocum’s wonderful adventures: hair-raising encounters with pirates off Gibraltar and savage Indians in Tierra del Fuego; raging tempests and treacherous coral reefs; flying fish for breakfast in the Pacific; and a hilarious visit with fellow explorer Henry Stanley in South Africa. A century later, Slocum’s incomparable book endures as one of the greatest narratives of adventure ever written.

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Bookseller: Chris Hartmann, Bookseller (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 026219
Title: Sailing Alone Around The World
Author: Slocum, Joshua
Illustrator: Illus. by Thomas Fogarty
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good+ in Very Good DJ
Edition: Reprint
ISBN 10: 0911378200
ISBN 13: 9780911378207
Publisher: Sheridan House
Place of Publication: Dobbs Ferry, NY
Date Published: 1987
Keywords: Voyages Around The, Spray (sloop)
Bookseller catalogs: Transportation;

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Reprint: Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
Good+: A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...