West Made East With The Loss Of A Day: A Chronicle Of The First Circumnavigation Of The Globe Under The United States Naval Reserve Yacht PENNANT July 7, 1931 to March 4, 1932.
by Vanderbilt, William K
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- very good
- Hardcover
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- Condition
- Very good
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Boulder , Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York: Privately Printed, 1933. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very good. William E. Belanske. Folio. [xx] 377pp with 7 color plates being reproductions of watercolors by William E. Belanske, staff artist at the American Museum of Natural History . One of 800 copies on Archer paper, bound in buckram. A further 200 numbered copies bound in half levant, of which fifty were for sale.An account of adventure in navigation, diversions, picturesque scenes, the everyday life of remote places, and the taking of specimens for the Vanderbilt Marine Museum by William K. Vanderbilt. Slight fading to spine else fine in original slip case.
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- Abacus Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 82
- Title
- West Made East With The Loss Of A Day
- Author
- Vanderbilt, William K
- Illustrator
- William E. Belanske
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- Privately Printed
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1933
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Travel, sea life, illustrated
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