There he tied up to a cedar post that had held the Spray when Slocum had first launched her several years earlier. Joshua Slocum completed his three-year solo circumnavigation of the world in his small sloop Spray, he sailed the 36-foot craft up the Acushnet River to a place on the shore of the “Poverty Point” neighborhood of Fairhaven. xvi, 294 pages.On July 3, 1898, a few days after Capt. Slight browning to frontispiece and title page. TOY 462 A few slight extremity rubs and a small prior owner label at top fore corner of front pastedown, some darkening along fore edge of lower board. An essential first edition in any serious sailing collection.
Slocum's poetic perception of the world and his graceful descriptions of his vision of reality have caused this classic to be compared favorably to Thoreau's "Walden." Slocum and "Spray" disappeared at sea in 1909. He rebuilt her and sailed from Boston westward around the world by way of hte Straits of Magellan and the Cape of Good Hope. "Spray" was a wreck of a boat given to Slocum by a fellow sea captain. Slocum was the first person to single-handedly circumnavigate the earth, doing so in his gaff-rigged sloop, "Spray," between April 1895 and June 1898. Bright first edition of this landmark sailing narrative. Illustrated by Thomas Fogarty and George Varian (illustrator).
"There is so much to this book that it is not surprising that it is has been continually in print since 1889.this book has literary merit, thoughtful and beautifully written and packed with incident" (Nautical Magazine). Contemporary reviews speak as well of it even now as "one of the most readable books in the whole library of adventure" (Sports Illustrated). Slocum conveys an appreciably casual, almost self-deprecating, style. The memoir was first published in installments before its popularity became such that it was issued in lavishly illustrated book form. To these he gave popular lectures and lantern-slide shows upon his arrival, including the English writers Edwin Arnold and Arthur Ransome. Excitement for the voyage was universal, and Slocum was awaited by admirers at his ports. National Fisherman called it " literary gem, adroitly and engagingly written," but interest extends beyond mere sea-aficionados. The sailing memoir records Slocum's amusing experience as the first person to sail around the world alone. Sailing Alone Around the World was published by Century Company in 1900. An exceptional example with noted provenance.
Illustrated by Thomas Fogarty and George Varian. December, 1901" with the former owner's signature. In near fine condition. Shackford, Marine Superintendent, International Navigation Company By the Author. Presentation copy, inscribed on a bookplate on the front free endpaper, "Presented to J.
Octavo, original blue cloth, pictorially stamped in silver and green, top edge gilt. First edition of "the finest single-handed adventure story yet written" (Seafarer).
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