Description
The signed limited edition of Gipsy Moth Circles the World by Sir Francis Chichester, the first person to solo-circumnavigate the world by sailboat.
Octavo, xvi, 269pp, [4]. Full green morocco, title stamped in gilt. All edges gilt. Includes the publisher’s plain paper dust wrapper and green presentation box. Paperwork from London bookseller dated 1968 included with this copy. Illustrated with photographs, drawings, charts, and maps.
One of 500 numbered copies signed by Chichester, this being number 334. A beautiful copy.
Gipsy Moth Circles The World is Chichester’s account of his 1966-1967 solo circumnavigation in Gipsy Moth IV, sailing from Plymouth to Sydney and returning by way of Cape Horn, with only one stop. For this voyage, Chichester received his knighthood from Queen Elizabeth in 1967.
