Across far distant horizons: The life and times of a Canadian master mariner Tapa dura - 1995

Cordillera Pub. Co. Used - Good. Bargain book!

Vancouver, BC, Canada: Cordillera, 1995. Hardcover. Good/Good. Good to Very Good Condition. Minor wear. Binding tight, pages clean. Pictures available upon request.

Cordillera Publishing Co., 1995 New, Signed by the Author (not a terrific example of his signature - but signed nevertheless)

Vancouver : Cordillera Pub Co, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. pp. 311, b/w illustrations,

Vancouver: Cordillera Publishing, 1995. 311 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H). B&w photographs, drawings. "This book is based on the unpublished and private memoirs of Captain Trevor Whitla Bridges, late of the Canadian and British Merchant navies, and also of the British Royal Navy Reserve and the Royal Canadian Navy Reserve, in which he held the rank of Lieutenant-Commander. The narrative proper is always in the first person singular, as this closely follows the original text, but in my periodic comments in sidebars on aspects of his career or circumstance of which he was a part, I have invariably chosen to give him his appropriate navy or merchant navy rank at the time." From the Introduction. Contents: Introduction; An Anglo-Canadian Childhood; Training Ship Worcester; The Barque Invermay of Aberdeen; Bound for Vancouver; The Nitrate Coast; British India; Goodbye B.I.; Working for a Master's Ticket; Return to the Royal Line; 1914: "The Northern Patrol", Monitors and… Leer más

Vancouver, BC, Canada: Cordillera Pub. Co, 1995. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. No visible defects to book or to dust jacket - both in fine condition. Pictures available upon request.

Cordillera Pub. Co, 1995-01-01. Hardcover. Like New. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Almost like new