Liberdade, Signed (6 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Inscribed and dated by the author. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Signed and inscribed by the Editor Miguel Hurst on the half title page. Edited by Christiane Schulte, Gabriele Stiller-Kern and Miguel Hurst. Heavy book extra postage may be required. Landscape. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed. The boards are in very good condition. Internally there are no other markings or inscriptions. Presented in cellophane. The binding is secure. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Signed.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Portugais.Couverture rempliee.141 p.Poids 250 gr.Format 21 x 16,5 cm. Inscribed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. Card covers, pp.439. Illustrated. Limited to 1000 copies. Signed presentation copy with inscription to half title page. Portuguese text. Loosely inserted errata leaf. Slight marking to front endpaper else a fine copy. Scarce. Heavy book weighing c 1250g when packed, and thus extra postage ( at cost ) will be requested to cover shortfall from default postage quotation for 1000g for overseas orders and those wanted by 1st class post in the UK ( 2nd class UK not affected ). Quote can be given if requested. Signed by Author(s).

Paperback Jan 01, 1971. Condition: Used: Very Good. [Expédié depuis la France] Mensageiro da Fé, 1971, petit in-8 broché, 330 pages. Ex. enrichi d'un envoi de l'auteur à André Reix. Couverture un peu passée avec quelques menus accrocs sans gravité. Dos avec petites rides. Intérieur frais. [SH31].

First edition of Slocum's account of his fifty-five days at sea with his wife and sons aboard the 35-foot junk-rig The Liberdade. Small octavo, original cloth with gilt title to the front panel, patterned endpapers. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Mr. Don C Seitz Brooklyn Eagle with compliments of the author, Joshua Slocum." The recipient, Don Carlos Seitz, was a newspaper manager best known for his long tenure as business manager of Joseph Pulitzer's New York World, a position he held from 1898 to 1923 during the paper's most prosperous era. Born in Portage, Ohio, he began his career on the Brooklyn Eagle before joining the World, rising through its advertising department to become business manager, and he was also a prolific author whose works included a notable biography of Pulitzer as well as books on Horace Greeley, pirates, and famous American duels. In very good condition with repairs to pages 15-18. Exceptionally rare signed and inscribed. After being stranded in Southern Brazil with his second wife and two eldest sons following the wreck of the unlucky Aquidneck, Slocum began work on a new boat that could sail them home. He used local materials, salvaged materials from the Aquidneck and worked with local workers. The boat was launched on May 13, 1888, the very day slavery was abolished in Brazil, and therefore the ship was given the Portuguese name Liberdade. It was an unusual 35-foot (11 m) junk-rigged design which he described as "half Cape Ann dory and half Japanese sampan". He and his family began their voyage back to the United States, his son Victor (15) being the mate. After fifty-five days at sea and 5510 miles, the Slocums reached Cape Roman, South Carolina and continued inland to Washington D.C. for winter and finally reaching Boston via New York in 1889. This was the last time Henrietta sailed with the family. In 1890, Slocum published the accounts of these adventures in Voyage of the Liberdade.