Joshua Slocum from Wayward Books

Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 2017. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Thus.. Still in original shrink wrap packaging, Lakeside Press Indian logo on the front cover in gilt, LSC Communications. Unopened, unread. Outside magazine included Slocum's book in the 25 Greatest Adventure Stories ever written. Slocum was from Fairhaven, MA and Nova Scotia. His vessel was namesd The Spray. Size: 16mo… Read more about this item

Boston: Little Brown, 1951. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Later Printing.. The book itself is tight and clean, no marks or imprints, gilt lettering to the spine, black cloth boards. The copyright page states, "Copyright 1945, 1946, 1951 by J.D. Salinger The letter "W" stands alone at the bottom of the page before the statement, Published simultaneously in Canada by McClelland… Read more about this item

Minneapolis: Zenith Press, 2016. Book. Very Fine. Hardcover. Second Printing.. Introduction by Geoffrey Wolff who wrote The Hard Way Around: the Passages of Joshua Slocum, hundreds of color and B&W photos throughout following the voyage and The Spray around the world. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Blue Ribbon Books Book. Illus. by Thomas Fogarty and George Varian. Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A very nice reprint of the 1900 edition. Tan DJ with the anchor and sea horse emblem. There is a large chip to the front top left of the DJ, almost wiping out the word… Read more about this item

International Marine Pub Co, 1978. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. Vintage B&W photos throughout of the process of building the replica of Joshua Slocum's famous sloop "The Spray" in which he circumnavigated the globe solo. Pete Cullers was a famous boatbuilder on Cape Cod and also wrote Peter Cullers Boats. The replica was built in Oxford Maryland. Size: 8vo… Read more about this item

Salem, MA: The American Neptune, 1958. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. From The American Neptune, a quarterly journal of maritime history, July 1958. 11 page article with B&W plates. Other articles include From River Clyde to Unimak Pass, Memories of Steamboat Days on the Hudson and Recent Writings in Maritime History. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Atheneum, 1960. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. Amasa Delano, Richard Cleveland, Edmund Fanning, George Coggeshall and Joshua Slocum. Slocum was the first man to circumnavigate the globe solo. The DJ is price clipped, solid copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.