Edward Allcard (104 results)

Condition: very_good.

Condition: Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condition: New. Sailing six thousand miles in eighty days, Allcard makes the classic southern route trade-wind crossing westward, and not without incident-severe gales, thief-catching in Spain, avoiding a seductive blonde in Gibraltar, encountering sharks and shoals of flying fish, and narrowly escaping falling overboard to his death when knocked out by gear falling from aloft. Allcard's plan to dodge the worst of the hurricane season on his return voyage is not accommodated by the elements. Through gales and headwinds, and one terrible storm, he takes seventy-four days to reach the Azores from New York, arriving minus his mizzen mast, desperately exhausted, injured, and hungry. The next leg, to Casablanca, is enlivened by a female stowaway, before he makes a safe return to England. Whether describing the pleasures or the trials, the phosphorescent nights or the storms, the operation of his ship or his own introspections, Edward Allcard eloquently conveys his deep appreciation of the sea, and the escape from modern civilisation it offers him.…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. In a single volume, Edward Allcard's epic two crossings of the Atlantic in the mid-twentieth century in his thirty-four-foot, forty-year-old yawl Temptress. Single-handed Passage: Sailing six thousand miles in eighty days, Allcard makes the classic southern route trade-wind crossing westward, and not without incident - severe gales, thief-catching in Spain, avoiding a seductive blonde in Gibraltar, encountering sharks and shoals of flying fish, and narrowly escaping falling overboard to his death when knocked out by gear falling from aloft. Temptress Returns: Allcard's plan to dodge the worst of the hurrican season on his return voyage is not accommodated by the elements. Through gales and headwinds, and one terrible storm, he takes seventy-four days to reach the Azores from New York, arriving minus his mizzen mast, desperately exhausted, injured, and hungry. The next leg, to Casablanca, is enlivened by a female stowaway, before he makes a safe return to England. Whether describing the pleasures or the trials, the phosphorescent nights or the storms, the operation of his ship or his own introspections, Edward Allcard eloquently conveys his deep appreciation of the sea, and the escape from modern civilisation it offers him. AUTHOR: Edward Allcard was born in 1914, learned to sail when six years old, and had a lifelong passion for boats and the sea. Following apprenticeship with Clydeside shipbuilders he qualified as a naval architect before World War II. At the time of the 'Temptress' voyages he was in his early thirties. In later years he conducted a leisurely circumnavigation, and made a year-long cruise around Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego and Cape Horn, all in 'Sea Wanderer', a boat he restored from a derelict hull acquired in New York for $250. In 1967 Allcard met his future wife Clare, 31 years his junior, and the following year they drove from the UK to Singapore in a Land Rover. In the early 1970s the Allcards, now with young daughter Kate, acquired the 69ft ex-Baltic Trader 'Johanne Regina', built in 1929. Over some thirty years they restored her while sailing between the Caribbean, Europe, the Seychelles and the Far East. In 2006, aged 91, Edward Allcard finally forsook the sea and moved with Clare to a house in the mountains of Andorra, where he died in 2017, aged 102. B/W photographs, maps, drawings Edward Allcard's epic two crossings of the Atlantic in the mid-twentieth century in his thirty-four-foot, forty-year-old yawl Temptress Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: New.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Single Handed Passage. Book.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Solo around Cape Horn: and beyond. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 420 pages. 7.80x5.08x1.22 inches. In Stock.

Condition: Very Good. 1952. First Edition. 304 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Book is in better condition than most examples of this age. Neat, clean, well bound pages with very minimal foxing, tanning and thumbing. Small inscriptions and neat labels may be present. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Fading on spine. A description of single-handedly sailing a yacht from Cornwall in August 1948 to arriving in New York one year later, via Gibraltar, the Canaries and Bermuda. 24 chapters, almost 20 plates. But why? 180 pages. Quoted postage for UK 2nd class. Overseas at least £7.20.…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New. 2022. Paperback. . . . . .

Condition: Good. 1951. Reprinted. 179 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards with silver gilt. Black and white photographs. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate shelf wear with some rubbing, fraying and corner bumping. Some moderate marking and tanning, particularly to spine. Gilt lettering remains bright and clear.…

Paperback. Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: Good. First edition. Light wear to boards. Faded spine. Content has toning to page ends. No DJ.

Condition: New. 2022. Paperback. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Condition: New. In.

Condition: Fair. 1950. First Edition. 179 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt. Contains black and white photographic plates. Pages have mild tanning and foxing throughout, moderate at end-papers, paste-downs and text-block edges. Damp staining to the top edge of the first few pages. Plates are bright and clear. Some occasional mild cracking to gutters throughout, binding remains reasonably firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Cloth has minor damp and dust stains. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Boards are bowed.…

Condition: New.