New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1971 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Large 8vo. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 336 pp, color frontis of the Cape Horn foundering of the Oxnard of Boston, list of b&w illustration and maps, introduction; 1. Ferdinand Magellan; 2. 'I was the only man that might fo this exploit'; 3. Pedro Sarmiento; 4. 'Cape Hoorn...Rounded 8 p.m.'; 5. 'Foulweather Jack' Byron; 6. 'Hope Deferred, not Lost'; 7. The Fate of the Natives; 8. The Uttermost South today; select bibliography, index with b&w illustrations throughout. Includes the original Review Copy items: Norton's announcement, two ad plates: Ship with Kipling's quote, 'It's north you may run to the rime-ringed sun, or south to the blind horn's hate...' and The Oxnard of Boston by James G. Evans. First Edition, 1971. Price clipped. 1/2" closed tear to top edge rear panel dj. Foxed top text block edge, else, Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Black half-cloth with aqua paper covered boards, gilt lettering to spine, and maps on endpapers..

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Bookseller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 002081
Title: The Blind Horn's Hate
Author: Hough, Richard
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0393054292
ISBN 13: 9780393054293
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1971
Keywords: HISTORY MARITIME HISTORY EXPLORATION ADVENTURES IN THE UTTERMOST SOUTH CAPE HORNE THE BLIND HORN'S HATE
Bookseller catalogs: HISTORY;
Size: Large 8vo

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