Translated from the French

By Marin-Marie, Durand De St. Front

Peter Davis. London. 1945. First English Edition. 8vo – 20.5 cm. (x), 322, (2) pp.; 28 black-and-white photographic plates including front piece and portrait of the author; paintings by the author. Publisher’s dark blue cloth with bright gilt titles on spine, unclipped dust jacket — both book and dust jacket are in unusually well-preserved and Fine condition with no signs of wear, no prior ownership markings, tight un-cracked hinges and clean crisp pages. Translated from the French.

Narratives of Marin-Marie’s two single-handed Atlantic crossings, under sail in the “Windibelle” and under power in the “Arielle”. The is the personal account of single-handed voyages by Marin Marie prior to World War II, he was at the time the only man to have crossed the Atlantic Ocean single-handed in a power boat, he also did it under sail.

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