BEATING THE BIG ONE: The story of the first high-latitude crossing of the Altantic by open boat in 1,000 years.

UK,slim,small 8vo softback Original,subject SIGNED,1st edn. [Paperback/softback original denotes the first format and its first appearance in print of the book/title.Paperbacks usually follow on from the HB edn,but can be published at the same time as the HB edn,but paperback/ softback originals are published prior to any other format,in the country of its original and sometimes worldwide.] FINE. Owner's printed,small adhesive,name+address label to top edge's margin of first page and crew member/subject [Tony Priddy] handwritten,black inked dedicated inscrptn - SIGNED+dated thus: 'To Bob All the best Alan Priddy 2 - 2 - 98' to the dedication page.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy,sharp-cornered card covers with colour photographic front card cover with b/w lettering,black-lettered white spine/backstrip which has no reading creases,rear cover with white background to black-lettered synopsis. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing toedges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges with very minimal.very faint, miniscule blemishes; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears unread,other than my own collation.UK,slim,small 8vo softback Original,subject SIGNED,1st edn,7-127pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,Foreword by Dag Pike,author's Introduction,18 chapters,16pp contemporary colour photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp980/81 and pp96/97 a further 8pp colour photographs unpaginated as last pages at the rear,and an Index; plus [unpagionated] author's preamble with potted biography to its reverse,title page,Tony Priddy SIGNED dedication page with acknowledgements to its reverse. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional, and even internally, the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its age and nature, i.e. an ephemeral softback Original. It really is an exceptional copy for its cleanliness,brightness and its scarcity - particularly a SIGNED copy.. Alan Priddy,born Portsmouth,Hants.,UK,7th April,1953 is a British power boat sailor and adventurer who has set several boating world records and known for being a nautical record setter and fundraiser. Priddy attempted to circumnavigate the world in a rigid-hulled inflatable boat (RIB) in 2002, and in 2008 successfully completed a circumnavigation by yacht. He has also navigated a RIB around Scotland (1990),Britain (1992),Ireland (1993),and across the Bay of Biscay (1996). He set a world RIB record in 2003 for crossing the Atlantic in 103 hours.As of 2012, Priddy had recorded 37 world records,and 12 British national records. Boats he has sailed and raced include Fireballs, Finns, Shearwater catamarans, Enterprises, Wayfarers, Toppers and yachts. On Sunday 22 June 1997, Alan Priddy, Vic Palmer, Jan Falkowski and Steve Lloyd set out to cross the Atlantic in Spirit of Portsmouth - a four-year-old 7.4 m (24 ft) Ribtec rigid inflatable with a single 165 hp Yamaha inboard diesel engine. The journey took them from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA to Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK, stopping on the way in Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Greenland, Iceland and Northern Ireland. The average leg was more than 500 nautical miles with the longest one planned to be nearly 700 nautical miles and scheduled to take 35 hours non-stop. However, the trip from Iceland to Weymouth took 100 hours with stops for fuel in Barra and Bangor. Please contact seller, because of the lighter weight and the value of this item, for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note, stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded, after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence, then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.