Two against Cape Horn

Hal Roth, Hal

ISBN 10: 039303223X / ISBN 13: 9780393032239

Published by W W Norton & Co Inc, 1985

About this Item

Type: Hardback First Edition. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Very Good Condition. 18 maps. Color and b/w photographs througout. A 20,000 mile journey on the yacht 'Whisper' undertaken by Hal and Margaret Roth, from San Diego south around Cape Horn and then north to the United States--a journey frought with adventure, danger, storms, a wreck just before reaching the Horn from which they were rescued by a Chilean navy patrol boat--good reading for the arm chair voyager, the nautical buff, and the lover of adventure. Cream half cloth with gilt titles, red coth over boards, very clean and unmarked; a touch of wear to lower corners and lower front cover edge. Tight, solid and square binding. Upper edge of text block foxed. Pages very clean and completely free of any marks or creases. Clean jacket has light wear to some etremities, inner front flap creased. 288 pages. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. 1985, W W Norton & Co Inc. New York London.

Seller Inventory # 027072

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Two against Cape Horn
• Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Publication Date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 039303223X
• ISBN 13: 9780393032239
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Travel, Travel Writing, Travel Adventure

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Synopsis

Tells of two veteran sailors who set out to sail to a little-known archipelago and then around Cape Horn and succeeded only after their boat was wrecked on their first attempt