Blue Water, Green Skipper (signed) by Woods, Stuart

New York: W. W. Norton, 1977 book club ed. SIGNED on title p. by author. 190pp. illus. aqua cloth sm 4to: Fine in a near Fine dj in Brodart poly cover [dj = some very tiny nicks or rubs @ spine ends and corners; couple of tiny nicks with crease @ tail edge of front cover panel; else nrF] A very nice signed copy in the characteristic authorial squiggle of thriller novelist Stuart Woods's (1938-2022) first book, an account of his competing as a recently minted sailor in the 1976 Observer Singlehanded Transatlantic Race. This edition is the same quality publisher's first printing and binding (with $9.95 on the dust jacket) but with a tiny book club blind stamp at the tail of the back cover. It would have been purchased from the publisher from the same stock that went to bookstores and was not cheaply reproduced by whatever book club sold it.