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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
Title: Falmouth for Orders. 1st US in dj
Categories: 68,
Publisher: Henry Holt, 1929,:
Seller ID: 53168
Keywords: NAUTICAL CAPE HORN Herzogin Cecilie CLIPPERSHIPS SAIL,