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RABAN**, JONATHAN: : COASTING

LONDON.COLLINS HARVILL,1986.

ISBN 0002721198.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.Price-clipped dw/dj. In 1982,Raban set out alone in a thirty foot ketch to sail round the British Isles.He'd never before handled a boat at sea,but wanted to inspect the strange country where he lived from beyond the blue,flying no ensign; an independent navigator with a sceptical outsider's eye for his homeland. He sailed deep into his own past, Britain's troubled present,into a realm of wonderful reflections and illuminations.A story of the sea which is also a penetrating dissection of the Britain of its time. Please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

RABAN**, JONATHAN: : COASTING.**

LONDON.COLLINS HARVILL.1986.

ISBN 0002721198.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE+/NFINE.Neat, blue inked,donor gift presentation inscrptn to ffe,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,black background with colour oil painting detail to upper panel and b/w+colour photographs to rear panel,with white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Top corners minisculely rubbed,head of spine/backstrip of dw/dj minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing. Inevitable but light,superficial scoring to dw/dj - not excessive or obtrusive.Top+fore-edges bright and generally clean; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly unread? Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original,plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettering to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers - presentation inscrptn to ffe excepted.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj, 1st edn,11-301pp [paginated] includes 6 chapters and an envoi; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,a Hilaire Belloc prose extract ('Off Exmouth'),and contents list/table. In 1982,Raban set out alone in a thirty-foot ketch to sail round the British Isles. He'd never before handled a boat at sea,but wanted to inspect the strange country where he lived from beyond the blue,flying no ensign; an independent navigator with a sceptical outsider's eye for his homeland. He sailed deep into his own past,Britain's troubled present,into a realm of wonderful reflections and illuminations.A story of the sea which is also a penetrating dissection of the Britain of its time. Raban is a British travel writer,critic, and novelist.Primarily regarded as a travel writer,his accounts often blend the story of a journey with rich discussion of the history of the water through which he travels and the land around it.Frequently, Raban's autobiographical accounts of journeys taken mirror transformations in his own life or the world at large: as in 'Coasting' - as the Falklands War begins,as 'Old Glory' tooks place during the buildup to Ronald Reagan’s victory in the 1980 presidential election. Please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** This item offered P+p included.Offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

K,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.