The Long Voyage

Mierre, H.C. de: 1963 London, hardcover, 306 pages, with illustrations and folding out plate in the back. The author was born in Manchester in 1890, and he sailed on his first voyage two months before his fifteenth birthday. He served four years apprenticeship in the full-rigged ships Main and Arno. This book covers his first three years on the Main, giving an absorbing, authentic account of hardship, courage and expert seamanship. In very good condition