Traders under Sail. The Cutters, Ketches and Schooners of South Australia
Largs Bay, The Author, 1994.
Large octavo, xxii, 311 pages with numerous illustrations (from photographs) plus endpaper maps.
Papered boards; tiny stain to the leading margin of the front flyleaf and the two adjacent leaves; an excellent copy with the excellent dustwrapper (slightly creased).
The title page is signed in ink by the author (10 June 1994). Loosely inserted is an index card with details of the schooner 'Crinoline' in the author's hand (signed 'Jim Gillespie'). Provenance: Keith McCoy, with his ownership details on the title page. He is presumably a descendant of Captain Alexander McCoy, owner of the 'Crinoline' (there are some annotations next to his name on page 36 and in the index). Keith McCoy was a Cape Horner ('Pamir', 1949: he was about 19 at the time!); later, he was an airline pilot with Guinea Airways and Ansett. In his retirement, he flew the replica 'Southern Cross' in Australia and New Zealand.
Item #128682
Price (AUD):
$300.00