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VILLIERS, A.J. WALKER, Ronald Gregory. By Way of Cape Horn. 4th US Holt pr, in dj.
Henry Holt, 1930,
VILLIERS, A.J. By Way of Cape Horn. Illustrated with Photographs taken by Ronald Gregory Walker and the author. NY: Henry Holt, (December 1930). Fourth US Printing. Pp (12),xi--xii,(2),3-336,(2) + frontispiece +11 leaves of plates, with folding map at rear. 8vo, blue cloth. Villiers' account of his 1929 passage before the mast in the full-rigged ship Grace Harwar. A vivid,exciting, and at times poignant look at the last days of merchant sail. Ch apters : 1. The Cutting; 2. Last of Her Class; 3. Fellow Adventurers; 4. First Weeks; 5. "All Well"; 6. "He is Dead!"; 7. The Cost; 8. The Ghastly Night; 9. FiftySeven Days; 10. Afterwards; 11. The Wind Change; 12. Ships and the Sea; 13. Better Days; 14. Jim's Yarn; 15. The Tragedy of the Diseased Pig; 16. The "Race"; 17. Journey's End. Vg in vg spine-sunned but unclipped and very attractive dj. 65.00
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VILLIERS, A.J. Falmouth for Orders. 1st US in dj
Henry Holt, 1929,
VILLIERS, A.J. Falmouth for Orders : The Story of the Last Clipper Ship Race around Cape Horn. With an Introduction by Frank C. Bowen. Profusely Illustrated with Photographs taken by the Author. N.Y.: Henry Holt, (1929). First Printing. Pp (6),vii-xxv,(3),3-301,(1), frontispiece + 8 leaves of plates. 8vo, brown cloth. Chapters : 1. Two Four-Masted Barques; 2. Beatrice and Herzogin Cecilie; 3. Setting Out; 4. We Discover a Stowaway; 5. Her Story; 6. Across the Tasman Sea; 7. Wind!; 8. On the Road to Cape Horn; 9. With the Royals Set; 10. Never Monotonous; 11. The World's Last Fleet; 12. The Passing of the Sailing Ship; 13. The Passing of the Sailing Ship (contunued); 14. Was it Beatrice ?; 15. The Trades at Last!; 16. A Pleasant Meeting; 17.We Go Aboard; 18. Getting Nearer; 19. " - And the Haze was England"; 20. W hat of Beatrice? Vg, tight in chipped dj (lacking half of dust jacket's spine). 50.00
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VILLIERS, A.J. Falmouth for Orders. 1st US in poor dj
Henry Holt, 1929,
VILLIERS, A.J. Falmouth for Orders : The Story of the Last Clipper Ship Race around Cape Horn. With an Introduction by Frank C. Bowen. Profusely Illustrated with Photographs taken by the Author. N.Y.: Henry Holt, (1929). First Printing. Pp (6),vii-xxv,(3),3-301,(1), frontispiece + 8 leaves of plates. 8vo, brown cloth. Chapters : 1. Two Four-Masted Barques; 2. Beatrice and Herzogin Cecilie; 3. Setting Out; 4. We Discover a Stowaway; 5. Her Story; 6. Across the Tasman Sea; 7. Wind!; 8. On the Road to Cape Horn; 9. With the Royals Set; 10. Never Monotonous; 11. The World's Last Fleet; 12. The Passing of the Sailing Ship; 13. The Passing of the Sailing Ship (contunued); 14. Was it Beatrice ?; 15. The Trades at Last!; 16. A Pleasant Meeting; 17.We Go Aboard; 18. Getting Nearer; 19. " - And the Haze was England"; 20. W hat of Beatrice? Vg in chipped, fragmented dj. 35.00
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VILLIERS, , A. J. Vanished Fleets : Ships and Men of Old Van Diemen's Land.. 1st pr.
Garden City Publishing Co., Garden City, NY, 1931,
VILLIERS, , A. J. Vanished Fleets : Ships and Men of Old Van Diemen's Land.Iillustrated with photographs and maps. Garden City, NY: Garden City Publi shing Co., (1931). First Printing. Pp. 297, frontis., + 8 p. of plates. 8vo, blue cloth. The story of various voyages to Australia, and specifically Tasmania, in the nineteenth century. Examines mercantile expeditions, the arrival of convict ships to the islands, as well as the disappearance and wrecking of several of these expeditions. Sunned and stained, hinges cracked, foxed. As is. 20.00
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