1974, ISBN: 034018518X

Gebundene Ausgabe

[EAN: 9780340185186], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Hodder and Stoughton], SAILING, YACHT, NAUTICAL, RACING, Sports & Recreation|General, Jacket, Hodder & Stoughton, London, Sydney, Auck… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780340185186], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Hodder and Stoughton], SAILING, YACHT, NAUTICAL, RACING, Sports & Recreation|General, Jacket, Hodder & Stoughton, London, Sydney, Auckland, Toronto. Assumed First Edition. Copyright 1974 with no other date indicated. Hardcover (15 x 22 cm), 222 pages. ISBN: 034018518X. Full-bound red cloth boards with gold lettering along spine. Boat (contestants) diagrams on front and rear pastedowns/endpapers. Colour and black & white illustrations. Bumped. Rolled at head & foot of spine and corners. Some soiling/fading noted along board edges. Cracked, slanted spine. Tight binding, clean textblock. The dj is bumped, scuffed. Rolled, chipped at edges. The dj is tanning/yellowing. Some soiling noted along edges. Spine appears slightly faded. The dj is not price-clipped. Shows original price of £3.50 net in UK. The dj is about .5cm shorter than the boards it covers. "This is a book about one boat's part in an exciting ocean race, about the exhilaration of creaming along in the trade winds, the suspense of broaching in the Southern Ocean, the pride of sailing round the world faster than anyone else. But is is also about the transformation of a bunch of paras, most of whom had never put to sea before. When they put a reef in the mainsail on the first leg of the race it took them half-an-hour. Doing the same job on the last took seven minutes. Chay Blyth had moulded them into a hard-working, tough and dedicated crew, who could handle a 77-foot boat and give the best ocean racers in the business a real run for their money. And in the end - theirs is the glory. Weight: 485g., Books<

1974, ISBN: 034018518X

Gebundene Ausgabe

[EAN: 9780340185186], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Hodder and Stoughton], SAILING, YACHT, NAUTICAL, RACING, Jacket, Hodder & Stoughton, London, Sydney, Auckland, Toronto. Assumed First … Mehr…

[EAN: 9780340185186], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Hodder and Stoughton], SAILING, YACHT, NAUTICAL, RACING, Jacket, Hodder & Stoughton, London, Sydney, Auckland, Toronto. Assumed First Edition. Copyright 1974 with no other date indicated. Hardcover (15 x 22 cm), 222 pages. ISBN: 034018518X. Full-bound red cloth boards with gold lettering along spine. Boat (contestants) diagrams on front and rear pastedowns/endpapers. Colour and black & white illustrations. Bumped. Rolled at head & foot of spine and corners. Some soiling/fading noted along board edges. Cracked, slanted spine. Tight binding, clean textblock. The dj is bumped, scuffed. Rolled, chipped at edges. The dj is tanning/yellowing. Some soiling noted along edges. Spine appears slightly faded. The dj is not price-clipped. Shows original price of £3.50 net in UK. The dj is about .5cm shorter than the boards it covers. "This is a book about one boat's part in an exciting ocean race, about the exhilaration of creaming along in the trade winds, the suspense of broaching in the Southern Ocean, the pride of sailing round the world faster than anyone else. But is is also about the transformation of a bunch of paras, most of whom had never put to sea before. When they put a reef in the mainsail on the first leg of the race it took them half-an-hour. Doing the same job on the last took seven minutes. Chay Blyth had moulded them into a hard-working, tough and dedicated crew, who could handle a 77-foot boat and give the best ocean racers in the business a real run for their money. And in the end - theirs is the glory. Weight: 485g., Books<

1974, ISBN: 9780340185186

Hodder & Stoughton, London, Sydney, Auckland, Toronto. Assumed First Edition. Copyright 1974 with no other date indicated. Hardcover (15 x 22 cm), 222 pages. ISBN: 034018518X. Fu… Mehr…

Hodder & Stoughton, London, Sydney, Auckland, Toronto. Assumed First Edition. Copyright 1974 with no other date indicated. Hardcover (15 x 22 cm), 222 pages. ISBN: 034018518X. Full-bound red cloth boards with gold lettering along spine. Boat (contestants) diagrams on front and rear pastedowns/endpapers. Colour and black & white illustrations. Bumped. Rolled at head & foot of spine and corners. Some soiling/fading noted along board edges. Cracked, slanted spine. Tight binding, clean textblock. The dj is bumped, scuffed. Rolled, chipped at edges. The dj is tanning/yellowing. Some soiling noted along edges. Spine appears slightly faded. The dj is not price-clipped. Shows original price of £3.50 net in UK. The dj is about .5cm shorter than the boards it covers. "This is a book about one boat's part in an exciting ocean race, about the exhilaration of creaming along in the trade winds, the suspense of broaching in the Southern Ocean, the pride of sailing round the world faster than anyone else. But is is also about the transformation of a bunch of paras, most of whom had never put to sea before. When they put a reef in the mainsail on the first leg of the race it took them half-an-hour. Doing the same job on the last took seven minutes. Chay Blyth had moulded them into a hard-working, tough and dedicated crew, who could handle a 77-foot boat and give the best ocean racers in the business a real run for their money. And in the end - theirs is the glory. Weight: 485g., Hodder and Stoughton, 1974, 2.5<

1974, ISBN: 034018518X

Gebundene Ausgabe, Erstausgabe

[EAN: 9780340185186], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Hodder & Stoughton,, London,], First Edition. Hardback. 8vo. pp. 222. 8pp. coloured illustrations. 16pp. black and white illustra… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780340185186], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Hodder & Stoughton,, London,], First Edition. Hardback. 8vo. pp. 222. 8pp. coloured illustrations. 16pp. black and white illustrations. Double-page coloured illustration of boats taking part in the race. Maps. Contemporary full blue morocco lettered gilt on spine and upper cover gilt dentelles all edges gilt bound especially for Mr & Mrs J. Hayward (named in gilt on upper cover). Marbled endpapers. Printed dedication 'To "Union Jack" Hayward. Presentation copy: 'To Jean & Jack, For keeping the "Great" in Britain. Chay. A.W.G. Toone, Len Price, John Rist, Eric Blunn, Peter Bates, Alec Honey.' Sir Jack Hayward (1923 Ð 2015) chairman of Wolverhampton Wanderers, businessman, property developer and philanthropist funded three international racing yachts Great Britain I, II, and III. Chay Blyth (born 1940), the skipper of the Great Britain II, gives his account of his experiences in the first Whitbread Round the World Race which took place in 1973. Spine faded, otherwise a very good copy. 034018518X Spine faded, otherwise very good., Books<