By Way of Cape Horn

Villiers, A: 1952 Hodder and Staughton London, hardcover with dust jacket, 285 pages, with photos. Alan Villiers chronicles the author's experiences crewing the Grace Harwar, a full-rigged sailing ship, on a perilous journey from Australia to Ireland in 1929. The book serves as both a personal narrative and a historical documentation of the last days of traditional sailing ships, highlighting the challenges faced at sea and the stark beauty of maritime life during that era In good condition