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Britannia: Rowing alone across the Atlantic. – John Fairfax – First Edition 1971

The record of an adventure. First edition published by Kimber, London in 1971. Octavo, 221 pages well illustrated with designs of the boat, endpaper maps. Very good condition albeit the dust jacket has some ageing and clear tape over closed tears. A valuable book in a number of quarters.

John Fairfax was broke when he decided he wanted to row across the Atlantic. Despite this he managed to get his rowing boat built to specification. He practiced on the Serpentine in Hyde Park. It took him 180 days to get from the Canary Islands to Miami a remarkable achievement.

He received congratulation from many including, in a lengthy “salute” from Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin of Apollo 11.

Rowing Across the Atlantic – well give it a go!

$40.00

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Atlantic Cruise in Wanderer III – Eric Hiscock – 1968

Published by Oxford University Press 1968, Octavo, 159 pages with 80 colour photographs and 7 charts by the author and his voyaging wife.

A first edition 1968 of Eric Hiscock’s Fourth book of sailing adventures … this time in the North Atlantic after having completed two circumnavigations.

The new Wanderer (no III) a 30-foot yacht taking in Western France, Spain, Portugal across to the Windward Islands and the Bahamas. Then up north to Bar Harbour, Maine and reversing back hugging the New England Coast and all the way down to Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Hiscock North Atlantic two year cruise

$25.00

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Neurological Fragments – J Hughlings Jackson

Originally published by Oxford Medical Publications in 1925. Selected by the Classics of Medicine Advisory Board for their unusual fine treatment and republished in this form in 1983.

Octavo, 227 pages with index and including as an introduction a biographical memoir by James Taylor and “recollections” by sir Jonathan Hutchinson and Dr Charles Mercier.

Bound in full burgundy leather with lavish gilt decoration to boards, marbled endpapers, rich gilt edges and silk marker ribbon. A lovely production. Contains 21 separate studies.

John Hughlings Jackson (1835-1911) was a pioneering neurologist. He was from Yorkshire and qualifies at St Barts, London in 1856. After a spell at York he returned to London and progressively held more senior positions in his field. His work on epilepsy was of particular note.

Jackson and his neurological fragments

$70.00

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The Journey of Burke and Wills – Max Colwell

Published by Paul Hamlyn, Sydney in 1971 a first edition. Quarto, 152 pages a very good if not fine copy.

A surprisingly good book on the Burke and Wills expedition. A large format heavily illustrated almost coffee table book style … but it’s the images and the nuances that make this book different and a good fill in regarding the personalities and interactions of all involved. We particularly like the letter written after Landell’s resignation … “sheer cowardice”

Burke and Wills another perspective

$30.00

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Triumph and Tribulation – H.W. (Bill) Tilman

Published by the Nautical Press a first edition 1977. Octavo, 153 pages, nicely illustrated and with charts.

Tilman heading north to the icy waters of Spitzbergen. He managed to sail right around the island of Vestspitzbergen coming within 600 miles of the North Pole. Then off to Greenland and Disko Bay. An extraordinary adventure well documented.

The author H.W. (Bill) Tilman (1898-1977) war hero, mountaineer and sailor extraordinaire. Major Tilman first served in the Royal Artillery on the Western Front gaining the Military Cross. Between the wars he grew coffee in East Africa and road bicycle 3,000 miles across Africa, climbed Kilimanjaro and the Mountains of the Moon. He turned to mountain climbing and more than once teamed up with Eric Shipton. In 1936 he conquered Nanda Devi which at that time was the highest mountain climbed. In WWII he re-joined the Royal Artillery in North Africa and the Middle East. He parachuted into Albania and worked by the resistance. Afterwards he was given a diplomatic position in Burma where he returned to climbing. On return to the UK with age coming on he took to sailing as a means of reaching unclimbed mountains. At the age of 80 he crewed on an expedition to climb in the Antarctic and lost his life at sea in the South Atlantic. The expedition vessel, a converted tug, leaving Rio but never making it to the Falkland Islands.

Tilman out in the cold again! Superb sailing in dangerous waters

$30.00

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Ice With Everything – H.W. (Bill) Tilman – First Edition 1974

Published by the Nautical Publishing Company, Lymington, Hampshire a first edition 1974. Octavo, 142 pages with good illustrations, charts and endpaper maps. Interesting Appendix … “the Author’s Boats and Voyages”. Very good if not fine condition

The record of three related voyages by hero and adventurer Bill Tilman. His ambition to make it into Scoresby Sound the world largest fjord on the east coast of Greenland. The fjord is bounded by Greenland’s highest mountain. He didn’t quite make it … but what was achieved was remarkable.

The author H.W. (Bill) Tilman (1898-1977) war hero, mountaineer and sailor extraordinaire. Major Tilman first served in the Royal Artillery on the Western Front gaining the Military Cross. Between the wars he grew coffee in East Africa and road bicycle 3,000 miles across Africa, climbed Kilimanjaro and the Mountains of the Moon. He turned to mountain climbing and more than once teamed up with Eric Shipton. In 1936 he conquered Nanda Devi which at that time was the highest mountain climbed. In WWII he re-joined the Royal Artillery in North Africa and the Middle East. He parachuted into Albania and worked by the resistance. Afterwards he was given a diplomatic position in Burma where he returned to climbing. On return to the UK with age coming on he took to sailing as a means of reaching unclimbed mountains. At the age of 80 he crewed on an expedition to climb in the Antarctic and lost his life at sea in the South Atlantic. The expedition vessel, a converted tug, leaving Rio but never making it to the Falkland Islands.

Tilman what an adventure what a life!

$30.00

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Britannia: Rowing alone across the Atlantic. – John Fairfax – First Edition 1971

Atlantic Cruise in Wanderer III – Eric Hiscock – 1968

Neurological Fragments – J Hughlings Jackson

The Journey of Burke and Wills – Max Colwell

Triumph and Tribulation – H.W. (Bill) Tilman

Ice With Everything – H.W. (Bill) Tilman – First Edition 1974

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