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    Reference 3516 (1804)
    Category Other travel
    Author Nutting, William Washburn
    Title The Track of the "Typhoon"
    Publishing Information New York: The Motor Boat Publishing Company,1922
    Description 1st Edition: 270 pages, illustrated b/w photos, diagrams. Original covers, no dust jacket. Shelf wear, covers fraying, covers and end papers grubby. Spotting to page edges, hinges splitting, previous owners bookplate on verso front cover and pencil owners signature on front end paper otherwise contents clean. The true story of Alexander Graham Bell's genius engineer Casey Baldwin and William Washburn Nutting, editor and owner of the yacht, departing Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, perhaps on a 'lark', on Nutting's "Typhoon" and arriving in England only seven days later, establishing the fastest time across the Atlantic for a sailing vessel for decades to come.
    Price £30.00
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