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Traders under Sail. The Cutters Ketches and Schooners of South Australia
1994réf. 144176Largs Bay: The Author 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Largs Bay The Author 1994. Large octavo xxii 311 pages with numerous illustrations from photographs plus endpaper maps. Papered boards a little marked rubbed and bumped at the extremities; minor signs of age and use; a very good copy with the good dustwrapper slightly creased with the rear panel cockled and lightly stained in the top half and a little crushed along the bottom edge with a short tear sealed with tape on the verso. The title page is signed by the author. Loosely inserted is an autograph letter signed by him written in 2002 in response to a request for the book. 'All the books have been sold I had only 1000 copies printed in June 1994 and within two years they were all sold. I have only one copy myself.' The letter is enclosed in a large gift card featuring the reproduction of 'The Encounter 1802' a watercolour by John Ford signed and captioned beneath the image by the artist. 3 items. The Author hardcover
