HULL-DOWN
signed Hardcover
1963
by Bowker, Francis E.
Reynolds-DeWalt, 1963. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Blue cloth over blue paper-covered boards, with a gilt-stamped silhouette of the ship to the front cover. 149 pp. B/w illustrations. The story of the schooner Helen Barnet Gring, from its launch in 1919 to its sinking in 1940, as told by one of its crew members. Signed by Bowker to the title page. Additionally inscribed by Helen Barnet Gring (the woman for whom the ship was named) to the front free endpaper. Light wear to exterior. Spine very slightly leaning. Very good plus, no jacket. (Inventory #: 427326)