sons sinbad account sailing arabs de villiers alan (3 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. First American Edition. Xv, 429 Pp. Red Cloth. First American Printing, With Scribner's Seal And "A" On Copyright Page. Fine. Dust Jacket Priced $3.75, Very Bright And Clean, No Fading Slight Wear Along Upper And Lower Edges. Generically Inscribed By The Author. Per Wikipedia, Alan John Villiers, Dsc (23 September 1903 - 3 March 1982) Was A Writer, Adventurer, Photographer And Mariner. Born In Melbourne, Australia, Villiers First Went To Sea At Age 15 And Sailed On Board Traditionally Rigged Vessels, Including The Full-Rigged Ship Joseph Conrad. He Commanded Square-Rigged Ships For Films, Including Moby Dick And Billy Budd. He Also Commanded The Mayflower Ii On Its Voyage From The United Kingdom To The United States. In 1938, Alan Villiers Embarked As A Passenger On An Arab Dhow For A Round Trip From Oman To The Rufiji Delta, And Depicted The Way Of Life Of Arab Sailors And Their Navigation Techniques In A Book Called Sons Of Sinbad, Illustrated With His Own Photographs. With The Outbreak Of World War Ii, Villiers Was Commissioned As A Lieutenant In The Royal Naval Reserve In 1940. He Was Assigned To A Convoy Of 24 Lci(L)'S, Or Landing Craft, Infantry (Large). Ordered To Deliver Them Across The Atlantic, With A 40 Percent Loss Rate Expected, Villiers Got All But One Safely Across. He Commanded "Flights" Of Lci(L)S On D-Day In The Battle Of Normandy, The Invasion Of Sicily, And The Burma Campaign In The Far East. By The End Of The War, Villiers Had Been Promoted To Commander And Awarded The British Distinguished Service Cross. Villiers Wrote 44 Books, And Served As The Chairman (1960-70) And President (1970-74) Of The Society For Nautical Research, A Trustee Of The National Maritime Museum, And Governor Of The Cutty Sark Preservation Society. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 1st edition. pp360. illustrated with photos. very good condition hardback in the dust-jacket - just a little edge worn. light foxing to page edges and end-papers. an account of a voyage in the 115-ton Kuwait dhow "Triumph of Righteousness" in the Red Sea and along the coast of East Africa, with accounts of the life of the shipmasters, mariners, and merchants of Kuwait. Villiers' scarcest book - much of the stock of the original edition was destroyed during a wartime bombing raid.[please see our storefront page for shipping information].

Hard Cover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. First Edition. First Edition / first printing (Scribner seal & A on copyright page). Signed "Best-wishes, Alan Villiers" on the first title page. Book is in very good (previous owners bookplate facing the first title page, light soiling to covers) condition with a very good - (spine lightly sunned, wear at chipping on upper edge & lower corners) unclipped dustjacket protected in a Brodart wrapper. An Attractive Copy! Please feel free to ask me for pictures or more information, Thanks. Signed.