Raymond Aker (11 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good Plus. VG+ blue pictorial softcover. 2010. Photos/diagrams throughout. Pages all clean/unmarked. Covers bright and clean. Binding solid. 74 pp.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. b/w Illustrations (illustrator). First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. In pictorial wraps, 4to, 73pp. Illustrated.

paperback. Condition: Very Good.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Large softcover in excellent, unmarked, next-to-pristine condition (slightest hint of handling). 73 pages. 2000 printing. [10oz]. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Large softcover in excellent, unmarked, next-to-pristine condition (slightest hint of handling). 73 pages. 2000 printing. Author's sticker on the title page. [10oz]. Book.

Stapled Wraps. Condition: Good Plus. No Jacket. Softcover stapled wraps in Good Plus condition. 32 pages. Spine split to bottom of lower staple (approx 1-1/2") Slight rusting to staples. Interior is clean and unmarked. Includes newspaper clipping from the Santa Rosa Empire News (June 26, 2001) featuring the authors at Drake's Cove, Point Reyes National Seashore. Photos available on request.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 32pp. Clean copy inside & out. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Includes supply & fitting of new correctly sized protective lyfjacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author & dedicated to Individual. Book.

Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy. 74 pps.

4to. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (upper cover with long vertical crease - otherwise VG). Pp. 73, illus with b&w photos, drawings and maps (no inscriptions).

Softcover. Condition: Fine. Pictorial softcover. Post-it note affixed to title page is inscribed/signed by Aker. Book itself not signed. Fine condition. ; quarto.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. B&W Illustrations & Charts; This book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the plain blue cloth binding have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a light used / dusty smell to the text. According to Worldcat there are possibly 6-10 physical copies of this text in libraries. "He (Akers) also continued to develop his skills as a navigator and mariner. He developed a fascination with Drake and used his own nautical skills to reconstruct Drake's 15771580 circumnavigation of the globe, during which Drake landed on the west coast of North America and founded a temporary colony of New Albion at a still undetermined spot, possibly in Northern California. Like many in the Drake Navigators Guild, Aker was a proponent of the theory that Drake landed at what is now called Drakes Bay in Marin County, California, north of San Francisco. To support his theory, Aker spent many years analyzing the variation in the tides in the cove called Drakes Estero. Critics of the Drakes Estero theory have maintained that the geography of the cove does not match the descriptions in the journals of those on the voyage, or the map made from voyage accounts by Jodocus Hondius. Aker maintained that the cove geography was cyclic over decades, and in 2001 he correctly predicted the reemergence of a spit in the cove which he claimed closely matched the contemporary accounts of Drake's landing spot. He led a longtime effort to lobby the National Park Service to designate Drakes Bay as a National Historic Landmark. That effort came to fruition in 2012 with the establishment of the Drakes Bay Historic and Archaeological District National Historic Landmark. " (from Wikipedia).