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Adrift [SIGNED COPY, FIRST PRINTING]
by Jones, Tristan
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0025598600
- ISBN 13
- 9780025598607
- Seller
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About This Item
New York: Macmillan _, 1980. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. Very good in fine dust jacket. SIGNED and inscribed/dated 'For Spike, July '81' by author on title page. 1st edition, 1st printing, complete number line. Dust jacket fine with very slight edgewear, impressive for a 30-year old book. 272 p. Audience: General/trade. Book is near fine, slight softening to base of spine. Previous owner's stamp on front pastedown and opposite title page, blindstamp on dedication page. Jones is a sailor who accomplished numerous feats. The most famous is recounted in 'The Incredible Voyage': how he took a sailboat to the Dead Sea, the lowest open water on earth, and then sailed and trucked a sailboat to Lake Titicaca, the world's highest lake, thus establishing 'the altitude record for sailing'; he also continued sailing after amputation of a leg. He was the subject of two films, 'Tristan Jones: the Psychology of Adventure' and 'The Incredible Tristan Jones'. He is the author of 'Encounters of a Wayward Sailor' and 'Outward Leg'. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a protective mylar sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box.
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- Bookseller
- MostlySignedBooks (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3069
- Title
- Adrift [SIGNED COPY, FIRST PRINTING]
- Author
- Jones, Tristan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0025598600
- ISBN 13
- 9780025598607
- Publisher
- Macmillan _
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1980
- Pages
- 272
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I am a long-time book collector who goes to book signings, book sales, and book stores. I keep my books in a smoke-free environment and treat them with respect. I only sell books because I run out of storage space. If you ever have any questions or concerns about anything please feel free to e-mail me. I guarantee all purchases and want all buyers to feel confident in ordering online. Where possible, books are shipped in protective mylar sleeves, in bubble wrap, in cardboard boxes.
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- Number Line
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- Blindstamp
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- Fine
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