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Theirs is the Glory: Great Britain II and the Round the World Race
by Chay Blyth
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 034018518X
- ISBN 13
- 9780340185186
- Seller
-
Robertsdale, Alabama, United States
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About This Item
Hodder & Stoughton, London, Sydney, Auckland, Toronto. Assumed First Edition. Copyright 1974 with no other date indicated. Hardcover (15 x 22 cm), 222 pages. ISBN: 034018518X. Full-bound red cloth boards with gold lettering along spine. Boat (contestants) diagrams on front and rear pastedowns/endpapers. Colour and black & white illustrations. Bumped. Rolled at head & foot of spine and corners. Some soiling/fading noted along board edges. Cracked, slanted spine. Tight binding, clean textblock. The dj is bumped, scuffed. Rolled, chipped at edges. The dj is tanning/yellowing. Some soiling noted along edges. Spine appears slightly faded. The dj is not price-clipped. Shows original price of £3.50 net in UK. The dj is about .5cm shorter than the boards it covers. "This is a book about one boat's part in an exciting ocean race, about the exhilaration of creaming along in the trade winds, the suspense of broaching in the Southern Ocean, the pride of sailing round the world faster than anyone else. But is is also about the transformation of a bunch of paras, most of whom had never put to sea before. When they put a reef in the mainsail on the first leg of the race it took them half-an-hour. Doing the same job on the last took seven minutes. Chay Blyth had moulded them into a hard-working, tough and dedicated crew, who could handle a 77-foot boat and give the best ocean racers in the business a real run for their money. And in the end - theirs is the glory. Weight: 485g.
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- Bookseller
- E. Manning Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1420
- Title
- Theirs is the Glory: Great Britain II and the Round the World Race
- Author
- Chay Blyth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition (assumed)
- ISBN 10
- 034018518X
- ISBN 13
- 9780340185186
- Publisher
- Hodder and Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1974
- Keywords
- Sailing, Yacht, Nautical, Racing
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nautical;
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About the Seller
E. Manning Books
Biblio member since 2010
Robertsdale, Alabama
About E. Manning Books
I am a full-time independent internet only bookseller with a growing general stock of collectible, out-of-print, and quality second-hand books. I have been an avid collector since 1997 and am an alumnus of the 2001 Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar. I proclaim no specialty, but tend to focus on Australiana, History/Military History and Vintage Paperbacks.Address: P.O. Box 801, Robertsdale, AL 36567-0801Email: manningbooks@gmail.com."Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it." ~P.J. O'Rourke, Author/Political Satirist
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