Captain Joshua Slocum / Sailing Alone Around the World 1st Edition 1900

Description: First Edition of SlocumSailing Alone Around the World Author: Slocum, Captain Joshua (1844-1909) Title: Sailing Alone Around the World Publication: New York: The Century Co., 1900 Edition: First printing Description: Illustrated by Thomas Fogarty and George Varian. Cloth over boards. Octavo. xvi [xvii-xviii], 294 pages. A few slight extremity rubs and a small prior owner label at top fore corner of front pastedown, some darkening along fore edge of lower board. Slight browning to frontispiece and title page. A remarkably bright and clean copy. Near fine. Bright first edition of this landmark sailing narrative. Slocum was the first person to single-handedly circumnavigate the earth, doing so in his gaff-rigged sloop, "Spray," between April 1895 and June 1898. "Spray" was a wreck of a boat given to Slocum by a fellow sea captain. He rebuilt her and sailed from Boston westward around the world by way of hte Straits of Magellan and the Cape of Good Hope. Slocum's poetic perception of the world and his graceful descriptions of his vision of reality have caused this classic to be compared favorably to Thoreau's "Walden." Slocum and "Spray" disappeared at sea in 1909.An essential first edition in any serious sailing collection. Ref. TOY 462;. Seller ID: 1084 Subject: Adventure & Travel, Americana, Nautical & Maritime Back Creek Books We buy and sell quality used and antiquarian books along with maps, prints and ephemera. Terms All orders ship within two business days. All items are guaranteed to be as described or they may be returned within 30 days of receipt for a full refund.This listing was created by Bibliopolis.

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