Sailing to See--Picture Cruise in the Schooner Yankee - Signed

Johnson, Captain Irving; Harriet Electa "Exy" Johnson

Published by W. W. Norton & Company, Signed and Inscribed by Author., 1939

About this Item

Hardcover in dust jacket. First edition, stated. SIGNED and warmly inscribed by author on tiutle page. Book and unclipped dust jacket are in near fine and very good+ condition, crisp and clean, tight binding and sharp corners. Historic blue duo-tone photos throughout spanning his and his wife Harriet Electa "Exy" Johnson's many decades of Schooner sailing. The Johnsons circumnavigated the world seven times on two vessels, both named Yankee, each trip with a new crew and each taking approximately 18 months. The first Yankee, bought in 1933, was a Dutch North Sea pilot schooner. Before becoming an actor, Sterling Hayden served as mate aboard the first Yankee. In protective Mylar. Free of any markings, not ex-library. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 223 pages; Signed by Author.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Sailing to See--Picture Cruise in the Schooner Yankee - Signed
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Signed and Inscribed by Author.
• Publication Date: 1939
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)