London, Sydney & Toronto: The Bodley Head, 1980. Hardback in Dust Wrapper.. Very Good — in Good Dust Wrapper. Dust wrapper much sunned at the spine and onto the margin of the panels with the price clipped. A little age-toned at the top edge of the text block. The contents complete, clean and tight.. First edition (first printing). Hardback in dust wrapper (pale blue boards with gilt titling to the spine) Physically 8¾” x 5¾” (0.9 kg); 264pp; Cover art by Don Holway; Includes: Maps; Maps to the lining papers; ISBN: 0-3703-0273-7 || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the bookshop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #198453|| Condition:

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Tristan Jones was one of the most acclaimed sea-faring storytellers ever. The combative Welshman was born at sea on a ship off Tristan da Cunha. He dropped out of school at 14 to work on sailing barges, and then spent the rest of his life at sea—in the Royal Navy, as a delivery skipper, then as a daring adventurer. Saga of a Wayward Sailor tells the tale of one of his most exciting adventures. Jones sails through treacherous waters aboard the Cresswell, a lifeboat converted into a sailboat, struggling to survive against impossible odds. He makes it through violent storms, arrest by the Soviet Navy, and other extraordinary experiences. Join Tristan Jones and a host of other lively and intriguing characters, as this salty and humorous tale unfolds.

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Bookseller: BookLovers of Bath (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 198453
Title: Saga of a Wayward Sailor
Author: Tristan Jones
Format/Binding: Hardback in Dust Wrapper.
Book Condition: Used - Very Good — in Good Dust Wrapper. Dust wrapper much sunned at the spine and onto the margin of the panels with the price cl
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0370302737
ISBN 13: 9780370302737
Publisher: London, Sydney & Toronto: The Bodley Head
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1980
Keywords: cresswell boat, cresswell voyages, welsh explorers, baltic sailing, canal du midi, mediterranean sailing, azores, days adrift, first edition books, books by tristan jones, don holway, 0-3703-0273-7, boats, boating, seamanship, navigation, bowline, sheetbe

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BookLovers of Bath is set in the pastoral idyll of Peasedown St. John in Somerset (God's Own Country) in the south west of England. My wife and I owned the village Post Office until the modern world caught up with us in 2014. At that point I converted the premises to a small book shop, Fact or Fable, with a stock of around 4,000 titles in stock. I've been selling books worldwide since 1997 and rather hope to get the hang of it shortly…

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