Vincent Pat Editor (4 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good Plus. First Printing. 111pp. Wraps have light scratches. Tips and spine ends are lightly bumped. One signature is partially open. Text is unmarked. 090474504x.

Introduction by Andrew M. Greeley. Very good soft cover, worn corners. 111p. illustrated, some colour. Color Illustrations (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine +. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. No. 45 in the Mariners Library. SUBTITLED : The Third Voyage of the Nova Espero '. 197 page adventure of a single man crew in the waterways of Europe in a 20 foot yawl. The book originally came out in 1954, so the journey likely began about 1952. The journey took the author and his boat the Nova Espero from Yarmouth, England through France to Corsica; an attempt on Greece was given up due to strong headwinds .From this adventure, 208 pages when you add appendices, you will learn of: River Seine, skipper, sextant, steerage-way, spinnaker, shoals, Sicily, sea-level and Les Boeufs. TEXT assisted by b/w photographs and 7 b/w maps. Appendix 2 gives some pointers on single-handed sailing. Cond : Boards are light blue with black lettering and graphics. End-papers are white. Dust jacket is yellow with black lettering. Front cover cover graphic is a handsome painting by Winston morgan, in pastels, of the boat underway in a Mediterranean harbour. Very minor wear at d.j. spine top and folded back d.j. flap, ELSE brilliant and collectible ! ! No names, marks, nor tears. Quote (p. 70): "._._. round a large church. I spotted my previous night's helper rowing out towards me; when he came alongside he passed over a loaf of bread and I handed him the money due plus something for his trouble. He expostulated that ._._._. ." Size: 12mo. B/W Photographs (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. workbook edition. 544 pages. 11.00x8.50x1.25 inches. In Stock.