THE WAVERTREE.

SPIERS. (George)

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Being an account of an ocean wanderer and particularly of a voyage around the Horn in 1907-1908 from the Narrative of Captain. With a Foreword by Alan Villiers. South Street Seaport. New York. 1969. De 26x18,5 cm. Com [ii], viii, [ii], 134 p�gs. Encaderna��o em percalina com elaboradas grava��es a ouro na lombada, e nas pastas formando esquadrias com filetes simples e motivos vegetalistas. Corte das folhas dourado. Ilustrado no texto com gravuras monocrom�ticas, e em extratexto em face da folha de rosto com pintura a �leo de Oswald L. Brett e fotografias a preto e branco, impressas sobre papel couch�. Exemplar de uma tiragem de 500 n�o numerada com assinatura do autor, com ligeiros danos � cabe�a e p� da lombada. Wavertree foi constru�do em Southampton, Inglaterra, em 1885. Era conhecido na �poca por Southgate, foi constru�do pela Oswald, Mordaunt and Company no estaleiro de Woolston, Southampton. Dois anos ap�s o seu lan�amento, mudou de propriedade para RW Leyland & Company de Liverpool e foi renomeado Wavertree. Muitas hist�rias da vida a bordo do Wavertree v�m da narrativa do Capit�o George Spiers (1889?1971), que navegou com o navio quando adolescente, no in�cio da sua carreira de 48 anos. Publicou o seu relato em Wavertree, An Ocean Wanderer em 1969, que combina artisticamente eventos que ocorreram durante as suas viagens no Wavertree com o que podem ser contos fant�sticos de marinheiros. Language: Ingl�s / English Location/localizacao: SACO MA510-22.

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THE WAVERTREE.

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