1900 · New York
by Slocum, Joshua.
New York: Century Co., 1900. First edition of Slocums great book. In his yachting bibliography, Ernest Toy says, The classic account of a small boat voyage, which has been compared favorably to Thoreaus Walden. Slocum perceived his world in a poetic manner and described his vision of reality with grace... After re-building Spray, an ancient wreck of a boat given him by a fellow sea captain, Slocum sailed from Boston westward around the world via the Straits of Magellan and the Cape of Good Hope on an eventful voyage which lasted from 1895 to 1898. Along the way he encountered the ghostly Pilot of the Pinta... pirates of Salee, wild Indians of Terra del Fuego, a fearful storm near Cape Horn... and many other memorable people and adventures which are best seen first-hand through this narrative. Toy. 462. Morris & Howland p. 126. This copy of the first edition is bound as issued in decorated cloth. Front board and backstrip show minor rubbing and wear, and some of the silver lettering has flaked off. Text is generally clean, except for a tanned strip on the final leaf caused by a period newspaper clipping tipped onto the facing blank page - "CAPT SLOCUM LONG ABSENT" Another clipping on the last blank has an image of the "Spray" with the headline lamenting, NO TRACE OF THE SPRAY.. 13.5 x 21 cm. xvi, 294 pp. b/w ills. (Inventory #: 49337)
(978) 283-5299
