Hilary Tunstall-Behrens (with preface by Alan Villiers), "Pamir: A Voyage to Rio in a Four-Masted Barque" (London, Routledge and Kegan Paul Ltd., 1956). Hardcover (dark blue cloth-effect textured boards, silver-gilt title to spine), 212pp plus title, contents and introductory pages and several illustrations, measuring approximately 14.8 x 22.1 x 2.5cm (5.85 x 8.7 x 1in). "The story of the voyage of the sailing-ship Pamir told in this book is, I think, a remarkable one, even in that colourful and adventurous field... Astonishingly reprieved by an enterprising German shipowner to act as an international school-ship... she set off on her first voyage, manned by an extraordinary collection of old salts, young salts, and large numbers of the completely unsalted." No dustjacket; the cover has various marks, scratches and scuffs to the surface and wear to the edges and corners, whilst the spine is faded and discoloured; the rear endpaper is creased, and a previous owner has written the Beaufort Scale in red ink on the reverse of the title page; the pages are discoloured with some marks including slight foxing, slight creasing, and some wear and bumping to the edges and corners.
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