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The Last Voyage of the Albatross (Signed)
de Gieg, Chuck and Felix Sutton
- Usado
- Firmado
- First
- Estado
- Near fine in a good dust jacket. Some light rubs to extremities. Jacket has some closed edge tears repaired with tape from under
- Librería
-
Annapolis, Maryland, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1962. First printing. Cloth hardcover. Octavo. [x], 177 pages. Near fine in a good dust jacket. Some light rubs to extremities. Jacket has some closed edge tears repaired with tape from underside by prior owner, along with some light soil and minor extremity rubs. Bound in dark blue cloth over boards with spine titled in black. Attractive copy.. Black and white photographs. An account of the tragic loss of the school-ship Albatross in a sudden squall on May 2, 1961. Chuck Gieg was one of the teenaged students on board who survived the incident. Alice Sheldon, who owned and operated the ship with her husband, was lost as were four students and the ship's cook. The Ridley Scott film "White Squall" is based on this incident. <br /> <br /> This copy is inscribed and signed by young Gieg in the year of publication on a sticker that is affixed to the front free endpaper. A rather scarce book.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Back Creek Books LLC, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 989
- Título
- The Last Voyage of the Albatross (Signed)
- Autor
- Gieg, Chuck and Felix Sutton
- Ilustrador
- Black and white photographs
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Cloth hardcover. Octavo. [x], 177 pages
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near fine in a good dust jacket. Some light rubs to extremities. Jacket has some closed edge tears repaired with tape from under
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First printing
- Editorial
- Duell, Sloan and Pearce
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1962
- Palabras clave
- shipwreck, white squall, maritime disasters, signed books, gulf of mexico, dry tortugas, school ships
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Nautical & Maritime;
Términos de venta
Back Creek Books LLC, ABAA/ILAB
Your complete satisfaction is guaranteed, and any book is returnable for a full refund if not as described. We accept payment by American Express, Visa, MasterCard, Discover, PayPal, check, or money order. We pack and ship in corrugated cardboard boxes for protection in transit. Shipping costs for Priority Mail, international destinations, or heavy items occasionally need to be adjusted, in which case we will contact you for approval. Institutions and libraries may request an invoice. We can email digital photographs of any available book upon request.
Sobre el vendedor
Back Creek Books LLC, ABAA/ILAB
Miembro de Biblio desde 2006
Annapolis, Maryland
Sobre Back Creek Books LLC, ABAA/ILAB
We buy and sell quality used and out-of-print books, with an emphasis on Americana, Military and Naval History, and Nautical material. But we have many good books in a variety of subjects. We are located in historic Annapolis, Maryland.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
