Voss J C Capt (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Dust-jacket has strips of adhesive tape on reverse side across the spine, where a plastic covering was taped down. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; 1955 "Mariners Library" reprint edition of a title first published in 1913, and first published in the "Mariners Library" in 1949. xv, [1], 326, [2 (blank)] pages + 9 illustrations on 4 plate leaves. Maps on endpapers. Beige cloth boards with blue lettering on spine, blue compass illustration on front board. Page dimensions: 183 x 119mm. This is an account of Voss's intrepid journey around the world in the canoe Tilikum. The Tilikum was a canoe with sails built according to a Canadian Indian design. The hull was carved from a single log of cedar. This edition with a 6 page Introduction by Richard Hughes, dated 1949. Series: The Mariners Library, #3.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. No signatures. 20mm chip at head of dust-jacket spine. Foxing to dust-jacket spine. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; 1949 "Mariners Library" reprint edition of a title first published in 1913. First "Mariners Library" printing. xv, [1], 326, [1 (advertisement)], [1 (blank)] pages + 9 illustrations on 4 plate leaves. Maps on endpapers. Oatmeal cloth boards with blue lettering on spine, blue compass illustration on front board. Page dimensions: 184 x 120mm. This is an account of Voss's intrepid journey around the world in the canoe Tilikum. The Tilikum was a canoe with sails built according to a Canadian Indian design. The hull was carved from a single log of cedar. This edition with a 6 page Introduction by Richard Hughes, dated 1949. Series: The Mariners Library, #3.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. First Edition. 394pp. 14 (of 15) plates Tract chart (folding) at end of book. Orig. red cloth extensively damp-stained and worn. Prelims. loose, creased. tract chart loose and frayed. A little marginal dye-bleed to prelims and final pp. Suitable for re-binding. Can supply more photos. if required. Size: 8vo.

HARDCOVER. 1st edition. 394pp, octavo. ex-library with remnants of the pastedown on bottom of spine, orange paper has been pasted down on the corner of the fep, worn edges, mild soiling, clean throughout, tear on the back endpaper, fold-out map has small tears, Fair.

Full Leather. Condition: Collectible-Very Good. First Edition. xiv, 394 pages; illustrations, map, folding map in back; modern full leather binding - a facsimile of the original cloth binding. Captain John Claus Voss, a Canadian from British Columbia, sailed around the world to England during 1901-04 in a modified cedar dugout canoe named 'Tilikum'. This volume contains an account of his around the world voyage. Very good copy in full leather binding.