Captain Joshua Slocum (with introduction by Arthur Ransome), "Sailing Alone Around the World" and "Voyage of the Liberdade" (London, Readers Union / Rupert Hart-Davis, 1949). Hardcover (blue cloth boards with gilt title to spine and panel to front), approximately 380pp, measuring approximately 12.4 x 17.8 x 2cm (4.9 x 7 x 0.8in). To quote Ransome: "Sailing Alone Around the World is one of the immortal books. Joshua Slocum was the first man to sail round the world in a small boat with none but himself as captain, mate and crew ... Voyage of the Liberdade ... has the same invaluable quality of gusto, the same direct power of letting the reader share the experiences it describes ... The second [of its two parts] is one of the best stories of a small-boat voyage that have ever been written." No dustjacket; the cover has some discoloration, fading and slight marking together with slight surface and edge wear (mainly to the lower edge); the inside front cover bears the original owner's pencil signature to the top left corner, and the front endpaper bears traces of old pencilled prices since rubbed out; the pages are discoloured with occasional marks (including brown marks to the page edges, visible when the book is closed), edge wear (including some bumping and the occasional corner crease) and slight to moderate reading wear.
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