[AUTOGRAPH OF FIRST US CROSS CHANNEL SWIMMER]. Yours truly Henry F. Sullivan swam English Channel Aug. 5 and 6, 1923.

Published by [1923], 1923

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AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT. 5.25 x 2.75 inches. Single sheet with ink inscription on recto and 8147 written on verso. In very good condition. Henry Sullivan (b. Lowell, MA, c.1893), a Marathon swimmer, was the third person, and the first from the US, to swim the English Channel. It was his seventh attempt and he accomplished it on 5-6 August from Dover to Calais in 26 hour 50 minutes, one of the slowest crossings recorded until very recent times. As Sullivan was carried along by adverse tides, it was estimated that he actually swam fifty six miles. SPORTS/PASTIMES SWIMMING SPORT- SWIMMING MANUSCRIPTS 20TH CENTURY SPORTS/PASTIMES.

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Title
[AUTOGRAPH OF FIRST US CROSS CHANNEL SWIMMER]. Yours truly Henry F. Sullivan swam English Channel Aug. 5 and 6, 1923.
Author
SULLIVAN, HENRY F.
Publisher
[1923]
Publication year
1923

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Founded by Patrick Marrin's father George in 1946, Marrin's Bookshop has been based in its current Folkestone location since 1963. Patrick has worked in bookselling since 1970. As well as rare antiquarian books, maps and prints, the stock includes a wide range of literature, library sets, travel, history and illustrated books in all fields. We also offer a bookbinding and restoration service. Visitors to the shop are welcome and we exhibit at UK book fairs. A large proportion of our stock can be searched on this website, or at http://www.marrinbook.co.uk.

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