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The Last Grain RaceStock informationGeneral Fields
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Local Description1979, Reprint. A very good copy only marked by very light tanning on the edges and endpapers and a previous owners initials on the front free endpaper. The d/w is unclipped and also very good with light shelf wear and a small chip from the heel of the spine. DescriptionAt the age of 18, Eric Newby signed on as an apprentice on the four-masted sailing ship Moshulu of the Erikson line for the round trip from Europe to Australia and back, outwards by way of the Cape of Good Hope and round Cape Horn. This was to be an historic voyage, a dramatic personal adventure. |