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MacARTHUR**, ELLEN: : Taking on the World. ** [Author SIGNED copy.**]

LONDON.MICHAEL JOSEPH,2002.

ISBN 0718145259.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED+dedicated, illustrated,1st edn. FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn,but author's handwritten black ink inscrptn: "For Deja Vu, Good Luck in Tasy! Go For for it! Elle",and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour photographic illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Miniscule bumping with reciprocal creasing to head of spine/backstrip. Top+fore-edges bright and clean,with merest hint of ageing/toning; contents bright,tight and pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - possibly an unread copy? Bright,crisp,clean,blue paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip,a blue+white striped head+tailband and immaculate repeated colour photographic seascape illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED+ dedicated,illustrated1st edn,vii-xxpp+1-394pp [paginated] includes list of illustrations,maps (3 b/w,one double-page),an Introduction,a Prologue,17 chapters+Epilogue, 32pp of contemporary colour photographs in 4 blocks of 8pp apiece interspersed throughout the text and the book,an Appendix,a Glossary,Acknowledgements,and an Index; plus [unpaginated] half-title page,author SIGNED+dedicated title page,a Contents list/table,the 3 b/w maps,last page of account,last page of Index and publisher/sponsor advert to rear. On February 11,2001,Ellen MacArthur sailed into port in France,completing the Vendee Globe,the world's toughest race. Alone and unsupported,she had spent more than three months at sea and had beaten everything the race could throw at her - storms,icy seas, exhaustion,rigging failures and,when she was fighting for first place,a catastrophic collision with a submerged object that could have cost her not just the lead but her life. At twenty-four she became the youngest person ever to complete the race and the fastest woman to circumnavigate the globe. No other Briton has sailed solo around the world faster. This is Ellen's story - how,from her childhood in landlocked Derbyshire,she made it to the startline of the Vendee Globe.It's also the incredible story of the race that catapulted her on to the front pages and into the nation's heart. Dramatic and moving,'Taking on the World' will inspire and enthral all who read it. 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. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US 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 US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED+dedicated,illustrated,1st edn.
Author SIGNED+dedicated.

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