{"product_id":"the-voyage-of-the-petula-by-frank-evans-1957-1st-edtiion","title":"THE VOYAGE OF THE PETULA by Frank Evans 1957 1st edtiion","description":"\u003cp\u003eTHE VOYAGE OF THE PETULA\u003cbr\u003e\nby Frank Evans\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDESCRIPTION\u003cbr\u003e\nFormat: medium cloth board hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\nPublished: Robert Hale 1957, 1st edition\u003cbr\u003e\nSize (mm): 145 w x 220 h x 30 d\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 189\u003cbr\u003e\nSKU: A4\/2402\/0365\/K542\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eABOUT\u003cbr\u003e\nFrank Evans, aged 29, was a wartime merchant seaman, but gave up his job of second mate on a passenger ship to study marine biology at Queen Mary College, London. He conceived the \"Petula\" expedition in bed one night and still startles his wife with ideas of unorthodox oceanographical research in distant waters. He has sailed in all kinds of boats from tankers to college \"eights\", and is now engaged in research on the results of the \"Petula\" Atlantic crossing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHis companions on the expedition were Dick Dickson and Roland Sharma. Dick Dickson is a 35-year-old New Zealander who spent some years in Fiji and Samoa with the New Zealand meteorological service.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIncludes monochrome images.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCONDITION\u003cbr\u003e\n**No dust jacket - first image for illustrative purposes only.**\u003cbr\u003e\nExcellent with wear on covers and spotting on some pages and page edges, name on end paper. Images depict all need to know detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eREMARKS\u003cbr\u003e\nScarce worldwide\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unicorn Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55450893254948,"sku":null,"price":59.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1013\/1901\/6740\/files\/97616.jpg?v=1785458069","url":"https:\/\/unicornbooks.co.nz\/products\/the-voyage-of-the-petula-by-frank-evans-1957-1st-edtiion","provider":"Unicorn Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}