Forty-eight Days Adrift: the voyage of the "Neptune II" from Newfoundland to Scotland. Foreword by Sr. Wilfred T. Grenfell
No place (St. John's, Newfoundland): Breakwater Books, 1981. Facsimile reprint of the London, 1932, edition. Tan boards. pp (2), 220. Photos. Text paper a bit toned, as always, rubber stamped star at rear, else fine in fine jacket. Note: the Grenfell Foreword did not appear in the 1932 edition. The Neptune II set out from St. John's to Newtown, Newfoundland, 100 miles away, for the Christmas holidays. A big storm blew up and they had to run before the wind all the way to the Island of Mull off the west coast of Scotland. ; Octavo 0919948650