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| Shopify Unique ID: | 10561130823972 |
| Trademe Reference: | PR1360 (38) |
| Category: |
Exploration & Adventure |
| New / Used: | Used |
Description
IN QUEST OF THE SUN: the Journal of the Firecrest
by Alain Gerbault
DESCRIPTION
Format: small cloth board hardcover
Published: Hodder and Stoughton 1929, reprinted 1933
Pages: 315
SKU: A5/2102/0365/K505
ABOUT
Gerbault's account of solo sailing in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans on 'The Firescrest'.
Including voyages around Bermuda, Panama, Galapagos, Mangareva, Marquesas, Tahiti, Coral Sea, Indian Ocean, Arafura Sea, Cape of Good Hope, South Atlantic during 1924-1929. Eventually the solo circumnavigation of the world ended in Cherbourg Harbor in May 1929.
Includes monochrome plates and fold out map.
CONDITION
Immaculate with light wear on covers, binding tight, pages clean, some light spotting, front title portrait detached. Images depict all need to know detail.
REMARKS
Scarce locally in this condition.
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