Edward C Allcard (43 results)

Condition: New.

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

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Condition: New.

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: 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.…

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.

Condition: New.

Hardback or Cased Book. Condition: New. Single Handed Passage. Book.

PF. Condition: New.

Condition: New. In.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 80 pages. Illustrated. Edward C Allcard "Alone Across the Atlantic" / H Antcliffe "Unknown Surinam" / Kelvin Ross "When The Engine Raced" / G E G Plant "Through the Great Congo Forest" / Peter Span "The Outlaw Of Megantic" / Wally Watkins "The Mail Must Go Through" / Col. A Donovan Young "The 'Devil-Man'" / Herbert Lane "Partners" / Wilmon Menard "Live Bait" / N Brydon "The Boiler" / Frank Illingworth "Europe's Forset Wolves" (SL#253). …

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

paperback, 160pp, owner's name on endpaper, pages browning, text otherwise clean and sound, covers creased and rubbed, Good condition.

Condition: New. In.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Good condition. Hard cover. Edges tanned. Pages tanned but otherwise sound. Foxing to flyleaves. Owner name on front flyleaf. No jacket. Cover slightly marked. Minor wear/bumping to edges, corners and spine ends. 180 pages.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. First Edition. This blue cloth covered book is slightly cocked and although the cover is very slightly worn at the edges, there is no damage or fraying. The top edge is dust stained. On the front FEP there is a short birthday inscription to a previous owner. As well as some B/W photographic illustrations there are also the boats sail plan, cabin and deck plans and a diagram of her lines. Both front and back FEP's and paste down papers have a map of her Westward passage. There is an appendix full of advice for single handers. 180pp. The author describes in great detail his adventures on his boat the 'Temptress' sailing her single handedly from England to Gibraltar and eventually New York.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the 'public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

First edition of English yachtsman Edward C. Allcardâs detailed account of his second solo trip across the Atlantic aboard the yawl Temptress. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, frontispiece, illustrated. From the library of James Stephen âSteveâ Fossett with his bookplate to the pastedown. American businessman and record-setting aviator Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in 2002 in his 10-story high balloon Spirit of Freedom. He completed the 2002 trip in 13 days, 8 hours, and 33 minutes and set records for both the Longest Distance Flown Solo in a Balloon and Fastest Balloon Flight Around the World. Fosset was also one of sailingâs most prolific distance record holders set the Absolute World Speed Record for airships with a Zeppelin NT in 2004. He received numerous awards and honors throughout his career including aviationâs highest award, the Gold Medal of the Fà dà ration Aà ronautique Internationale (FAI), which he was awarded in 2002. Fossett disappeared on September 3, 2007 while flying a light aircraft over the Great Basin Desert, between Nevada and California.ÂGood in a good dust jacket. Jacket design by Jean Main. Temptress Returns offers a detailed account of Allcard's second single-handed crossing of the Atlantic, this time crossing eastward. "Mr. Allcard has no small adventure to relate. But what was hardly to be expected was that he should tell the great tale so charmingly. There is something to please on every page" (The Field).…

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Condition: New.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the 'public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. no dj. n/a. Account of Allcard's Atlantic crossing aboard Temptress. Map endpapers bright and unspoilt by Dorothy Allcard. Bound in publisher's original blue cloth, minimal discolouration to head and tail of spine. Occcasional light foxing. Overall very good condition first edition with Beaufort scale of wind force also included. Dorothy Allcard (illustrator). No.…