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| Shopify Unique ID: | 10561395392804 |
| Trademe Reference: | PR1407 (1264) |
| Category: |
Exploration & Adventure Sailing & Yacht Racing |
| New / Used: | Used |
Description
RED MAINS'L
by Peter Pye
DESCRIPTION
Format: small cloth board hardcover
Published: 1952, Rupert Hart Davis 1961
Size (mm): 125 w x 190 h x 20 h
Pages: 186
SKU: A5/2406/0365/K558
ABOUT
In 1946, at the age of 44, Doctor Pye retired from medicine to concentrate on sailing full time. Pye and his wife Anne buy and convert a small traditional gaff fishing boat for personal use, and after WWII take off on a great voyage.
Red Mains'l covers his voyage to Portugal, Madeira, the West Indies, Florida, the Azores and back, all in the late '40s.
Includes monochrome images, fine line illustrations and maps.
CONDITION
No dust jacket - first image for illustrative purposes only.
Excellent with light wear on covers, faint marks/potting on end papers and page edges, pages otherwise clean and unmarked, no stamps or inscriptions, binding tight. Images depict all need to know detail.
REMARKS
Scarce
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