West Made East with the Loss of a Day: a Chronicle of the First Circumnavigation of the Globe under the U.S. Naval Reserve Yacht Pennant
first edition hardcover
1933 · New York
by VANDERBILT, William K.
New York: Privately Printed, 1933. Limited. hardcover. fine. Profusely illustrated, including 7 fine color plates of exotic fish, 169 illustrations from photographs, 13 charts and calligraphic end-papers. Folio, cloth, top edge gilt; pictorial board slipcase. N.Y.: Privately Printed, 1933. Fine, in a very good worn slipcase. One of 800 copies. Bookplate from the Steve Fossett Collection of Adventure & Exploration. James Stephen Fossett was a record setting aviator and also one of sailing's most prolific distance record holders. (Inventory #: 289033)