The Raft Book

New York: George Grady Press, 1943. Soft Cover. Very Good. 7x5x0. Includes publisher slipcase. Lacks folding map and chart, ink name inside. 1943 Soft Cover. 149 pp. Illustrated with plates. Charles Lindbergh called Gatty the "Prince of Navigators." Gatty accompanied Wiley Post on his record-setting flight around the world in 1931. CONTENTS: Introduction; Lore of the Sea and… Read more about this item

New York: George Grady Press, 1943. Second edition, published same year as the first. Intended for downed fliers and seamen in WW II this book utilizes navigation methods used for centuries by the Polynesians. (I never understood how "downed fliers" could make use of such a cumbersome package.) Gatty won fame as Wiley Post's navigator on his around-the-world flight in… Read more about this item

George Grady Press 1943. Octavo, light card covers, silver staped lettering & motiff to front cover, 152 pp, 2 x pullout folding maps + a pull out folding ruler, illust, VG ( v slight creasing to covers & spine, v slight soiling to spine, former owners name written in pen to title page, heavy cracking of spine to pages… Read more about this item

George Grady Press 1943. WATERPROOF EDITION STILL UNOPENED INSIDE ENVELOPE, paperback, contains foldout chart & ruler, unopened condition, in waterproof envelope TATTY ( part repaired with cellotape to lower portion, 2 x 1 cm closed tears with loss to lower edge, 2 x 2 cm closed tear without loss to upper edge, moderately heavy tanning, staining, chaffing, bruising &… Read more about this item

George Grady Press, 1944. 2nd Edition 2nd Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. 2nd edition, 2nd printing, 1944. Paperback is very good-- minimal wear, solid binding. No marks or names inside. Two folded maps and a folded "ruler." The original box is worn, but most of the cover illustration is still clear and bright.

George Grady Press, 1943. Book. Good.. Paperback. Includes the sheet with latitude tables and the time scale. Book has light wear. Slip case has been taped around all edges..

George Grady Press, 1943. Second Edition. Softcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. This old book with Slipcase is clean, solid and appears to have never been read. This is a softcover book with 152 pages including many illustrations. Also included is a folded map, chart and date and hour scale. The binding is strong with all pages firmly attached.… Read more about this item

New York: George Grady Press,, 1943. Paperback . Very Good. Octavo. 152pp. Slight foxing to front cover and title page, a couple of stamps of the U. S. Maritime Commission, otherwise near very good indeed. With large folding table, large folding map, and folding hour scale, all very good indeed in a slightly rubbed slip-case.