Search Results: gypsy moth circles the world by francis chichester

Pocket Books, 1969. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Coward- McCann. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Paperback. Very Good.

Paperback. Acceptable.

Coward- McCann. Good in Good dust jacket. 0. Hardcover.

NY: Coward McCann Pub. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1967,1968. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION". HARDCOVER. 6x9". VERY GOOD CONDITION IN VERY GOOD UNCLIPT(S6.95) DUST JACKET...clean, solid, bright in similar dj..; GOLD titles on Black Cloth Hard co ..Book States "First American Edition"..has original publisher's price, does not have any dots, etc...but does state "A book of the month Selection bottom dj flap.. ; ep Photo,line ilust & map; 269pg pages; Sailboat from PLYMOUTH, England in 226 days. GYPSY MOTH STORY. solid copy.. .

New York, NY: Coward-McCann. Minor chipping and wear to the dust jacket. N2 . Very Good. Cloth. Book Club (BCE/BOMC).. 1968.

Pan Books, London, 1969. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. Illustrator: Photographic. Two appendices. The text is illustrated with two inserts of six pages each, of black-and-white photography. Illustrated paperback binding with light blue, black and white coloured titles to the front panel and light blue and white coloured titles to the back strip. Black and white photograph of author to the top right hand corner of the rear panel. The unique account of the worlds greatest navigator's most recent an extraordinary feat, setting out from Plymouth in September 1966 to Sydney, and then eastwards via cape Horn back to Plymouth.. A picture can be provided to helplessness condition. Creasing of the book corners, especially the lower corner of the front panel. Rubbing of the book edges and panels with reading creases to the back strip. Foxing spots and rubbing of the panels with tanning of the text block edges and pages. A little staining to the top left hand corner of the front text… Read More

British: Pan, 1969. Solid with light wear on the covers.. 1st Printing. Paperback. Very Good +.

Pan Books. Good. Paperback. 1967. 300 pages. Cover worn.<br> .

London England: World Books, 1968. Hardback. Gypsy Moth Circles the World. Slight browning to edges of pages through age. Wear and tear to D/J. Couple of small pieces of D/J. missing. Writing to flap of D/J. Sir Francis, at 65, captured everyone's imagination as he set out in his 53 foot ketch from Plymouth in September 1966 for Sydney, and thence eastwords via Cape Horn back to Plymouth. In this incredible voyage, in which he was beset by trouble and danger, nearly demasted, self-steering gear destroyed, and capsized, Sir Francis never lost hope or humour, and his firm determination to continue his voyage off the West Australian coast, when any lesser man would have made for Fremantle, is just an example of truly dauntless courage in the face of fantastic odds. Illustrated. 269 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1968. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First American Edition stated, no writing, underlining, or bookplates. No remainder marks. Former owner's stamp on ffep. Spine is tight and crisp. Boards are flat and true and the corners are square, with very light foxing and text block wear. Dust jacket is price-clipped, with crease on front inside flap. This collectible, " NEAR FINE" condition first edition/first printing copy is protected with a polyester archival dust jacket cover. Beautiful collectible copy. Scarce. GIFT QUALITY

Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 1987-05-01. Paperback. Good. 8x5x1. Wear present. Scruff marks on the front cover, back cover and at the sides of every page. Fold creasing present. Foxing. Small mark on every page. Discolouration present. Slight tearing present. Scruff mark on a few pages. Small stain at the sides of every page.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1967. Hardback in Dust Wrapper.. Very Good — in Good+ Dust Wrapper. Dust wrapper sunned at the spine and a touch edgeworn.. First edition (first printing). Hardback in dust wrapper (blue boards with gilt titling to the spine) Physically 9” x 6” (1.2 kg); 269pp; Includes: Line drawings; Photographs, black-and-white and colour, on individual leaves; Diagrams; Cutaways; Tidal charts; Sailing course charts; Appendices (3); ISBN: 0-3400-0484-3 || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the bookshop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #198955|| Condition:

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1967. reprint. Near Fine. octavo. chipped dust jacket 208pp., frontis., b/w pls., Amazing Round-the-World Voyage in the 53 Foot Ketch Gypsy Moth IV. Great Read

Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 2002. 8vo., 265pp; VG; bound in fine blue genuine leather with bright gilt spine title and gilt decorative motif on covers, gilt text block; silk ribbon; in excellent condition; shelved easton press. 1267785. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1967]. First Edition, Limited to 500 numbered copies signed by the author. Account of the first solo circumnavigation from West to East by the clipper route, made by the 65-year old Chichester in his 56-foot ketch, Gypsy Moth VI, in 1966-67. Chichester stopped only once, in Sydney, and set a record time for his trip. His achievement earned him a knighthood on his return. 8vo. pp. xvi, 269. numerous illus. in text & on 18 double-sided plates (some colour). dark green calf, all edges gilt. plain dw. laid into a dark green box. dola2558