Jolie Brise: A Tall Ship's Tale

Robin Bryer

ISBN 10: 0436071819 / ISBN 13: 9780436071812

Published by London: Secker & Warburg, 1982

About this Item

Condition Notes: A little faded at the spine and onto the margins of the panels of the dust wrapper with the price clipped.; First edition (first printing). Signed copy. Hardback. Dust wrapper over blue boards with gilt titles to the spine; Measures 9½" x 6¼" (1 kg); pp (xiii) 254; Signed by the author, in name only, on the title page without provenance. Includes: Deck plans; Sketches; Black & white photographs on individual leaves; Maps; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #199976 ||.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Jolie Brise: A Tall Ship's Tale
• Publisher: London: Secker & Warburg
• Publication Date: 1982
• ISBN 10: 0436071819
• ISBN 13: 9780436071812
• Binding: Hardback in Dust Wrapper.
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good+
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

The pilot cutter, "Jolie Brise" was launched at Le Havre in 1913, the penultimate gaff cutter in the pilot service before the changeover from sail to steam. This is an account of this legendary yacht, its excitements, near disasters and triumphs.