Vertue XXXV [Mariners Library #31]

London: Rupert Hart-Davis. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1955. Hardcover. Some adhesive tape stains to rear endpaper. Dust-jacket has strips of adhesive tape on reverse side across the spine, where a plastic covering was taped down. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; 1955 "Mariners Library" reprint edition of a title first published in 1950. First Mariners Library printing. 180 pages + 9 illustrations on 4 plate leaves. In-text illustrations. 1 double page map, and several small in-text maps. Beige cloth boards with blue lettering on spine, blue compass illustration on front board. Page dimensions: 182 x 121mm. "When Vertue XXXV crossed the Atlantic Ocean from east to west she was one of the smallest vessels ever to have done so. Humphrey Barton and his one companion undertook this adventure partly to satisfy an inborn urge to challenge the 'Western Ocean', partly with the object of earning dollars. His description of the hurricane which struck Vertue XXXV when almost on the last lap shows by how small a margin their purpose was achieved. In this book lies the vivid record not only of the voyage itself but of the expert technique and life-long experience which went into every detail of the boat and her equipment." - from dust-jacket blurb. Series: The Mariners Library, #31. .