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Gipsy Moth Circles the World by Sir Francis ChichesterPublisher: Coward-McCann (June 1, 1968)ISBN-10: 9990371903ISBN-13: 9789990371901Hardcover6 x 9 inches, 269 pagesThe story of how the sixty-five-year-old navigator singlehandedly circumnavigated the globe, the whole way battling hostile seas as well as his boat's numerous design flaws, is a tale of superhuman tenacity and endurance to be read and reread by sailors and armchair adventurers alike.--------------------------------Sir Francis Charles Chichester (17 September 1901 – 26 August 1972) was a British businessman, pioneering aviator and solo sailor.He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for becoming the first person to sail single-handed around the world by the clipper route and the fastest circumnavigator, in nine months and one day overall in 1966–67.Chichester was born in the rectory at Shirwell near Barnstaple in Devon, England, the son of a Church of England clergyman, Charles Chichester, himself the seventh son of Sir Arthur…
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New York, NY: Coward McCann, Inc., 1968. Illustrated throughout with maps, line drawings, and photographs in full color and b&w. Copyright page states "FIRST AMERICAN EDITION", has BMOC dimple on rear board, and Book-of-the-Month Club Selection slug on front flap of dust jacket. Light bumping to spine, smudging at top corner of ffep, light foxing to bottom page edge; otherwise, lovely, clean, fairly tight copy. Dust jacket mildly chipped along edges, heavier at head and heel of spine; now in protective mylar cover.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Coward-McCann/ NY 1968., 1968. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Royal octavo, hardcover, VG in lightly edgeworn blue pictorial dj. Book of the Month Club selection. Endpapers are photos of boat and route he took around the world. 269 pp. The 65-year-old nobleman gives his own account of his 226-day solo voyage around the world. B&w and color photos, line-drawings and maps; 267 pages. Suitable for older children and adults.
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