THE LAST SAILORS - The Final Days of Working Sail
by HOLLANDER, Neil and Harald MERTES - foreword by Orson WELLES
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0207150001
- ISBN 13
- 9780207150005
- Seller
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East Victoria Park, Western Australia, Australia
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About This Item
Niorth Ryde, Angus & Robertson in assoc. with Channel Four first edition - h/c in d.j. During a two-year voyage on board a ten-meter-long sailboat, the authors encountered a vanishing breed of sailors and craft. These men who harness the wind and the seas to gain their livlihood are on the verge of extinction. Captured in these pages is the spirit of that bygone era when men set out under sail to fish, trade, and transport cargo and passengers across the seas. 240 x 195 mm., pp. xiv, 142, b/w & col. plates, maps. Contents - no inscriptions, d.j slight rub. on edges - no tears. NEAR FINE/VG ISBN: 0207150001
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- Bookseller
- EUREKA AUSTRALIANA BOOKS (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23c488b35a17fa8b4962c89f
- Title
- THE LAST SAILORS - The Final Days of Working Sail
- Author
- HOLLANDER, Neil and Harald MERTES - foreword by Orson WELLES
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- first edition - h/c in d.j.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0207150001
- ISBN 13
- 9780207150005
- Publisher
- Niorth Ryde, Angus & Robertson in assoc. with Channel Four
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1984
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