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Buy this book on-line McCARTHY**, JOHN & TOKSVIG**, SANDI: : ISLAND RACE: AN IMPROBABLE VOYAGE ROUND THE COAST OF BRITAIN.** [Both co-authors SIGNED copy.]LONDON.BBC BOOKS,1995. ISBN 056337053X.
UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,joint authors' SIGNED,1st edn. [Laid in loose,b/w photo-copied local newspaper cutting of both authors at a book-signing in Plymouth; cutting dated Sept 20th,1995.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour photographic illustrated dw/dj,with white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp, clean, sharp-cornered,original plain blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate blue+grey knot diagram illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,joint authors' SIGNED 1st edn,6-240pp [paginated] includes 75-day diary/account,plus 'Final thoughts',profuse b/w+colour photographs and illustrations throughout the text and the book; plus [unpaginated] epigrammed half-title page with both authors' portrait colour photographic frntis to it's verso,co-author's signatures: 'To Diane,Sandi Toksvig' and John McCarthy's signature - without dedication - both to the title page,dedication+acknowledgements.
Take two novice sailors and an eighty-year-old wooden sailing boat,mix with a deadline and the vagaries of British weather,and you'll find that the chances of getting round Britain's coastline are somewhat small.
'Island Race' is the story of two old friends - a former hostage and a comedienne - trying to come to grips with sailing as they circumnavigate Britain. With the occasional attempted decapitation,moments of real excitement, (and fear),they gather together a portrait of this island's coastal communities.
As a hostage in Beirut,John McCarthy had a dream of sailing on the bow of a classic yacht.Now the dream becomes reality as he and writer and performer,Sandi Toksvig,
board 'Hirta',a pilot cutter,in an attempt to sail round Britain within three months.
With them you can learn sailing tips: never stand on a rope someone else is pulling,life jackets were a good invention; historical facts: one-seventh of Nelson's navy had hernias from rope pulling; and geographical pointers: John O'Groats is not the most northerly point of the mainland,the Swellies,the Scrobies and the Wrigglers are not physical afflictions.
The journey begins on a deserted island and progresses clockwise round Britain with the crew dropping in at nearly fifty ports and harbours.With poor weather constantly hampering their progress,the journey becomes a race against the elements as well as the deadline.
Will the reality of such an undertaking live up to John and Sandi's expectations? How will John cope with the confined quarters of a boat or seasick Sandi with the temperamental 'sea toilet'? And what
will the encounters with the people of Britain's coast reveal about an island nation? The Channel Islands' chandler who reveals hidden tunnels left by WW2 German armies; Buddhist monks who've bought a Scottish island as a retreat; the prisoners in Portland prison - all these, and other intriguing discoveries,add up to a unique portrait of life in Britain and, as the journey gathers speed,two sometimes conflicting yet complimentary views of life at sea.
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UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,joint authors' SIGNED,1st edn. FINE/FINE-.No owner inscrptn but joint authors' handwritten,blue ink signatures - without dedication - to the title page and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated, colour photographic illustrated dw/dj,with white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,original plain blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate blue+grey knot diagram illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj, joint authors' SIGNED 1st edn,6-240pp [paginated] includes 75-day diary/account,plus 'Final thoughts',profuse b/w+colour photographs and illustrations throughout the text and the book; plus [unpaginated] epigrammed half-title page with both authors' portrait colour photographic frntis to it's verso,co-author's signatures without dedication - both to the title page,a dedication+acknowledgements.
Take two novice sailors and an eighty-year-old wooden sailing boat,mix with a deadline and the vagaries of British weather,and you'll find that the chances of getting round Britain's coastline are somewhat small.
'Island Race' is the story of two old friends - a former hostage and a comedienne - trying to come to grips with sailing as they circumnavigate Britain.With the occasional attempted decapitation,moments of real excitement,(and fear),they gather together a portrait of this island's coastal communities.
As a hostage in Beirut,John McCarthy had a dream of sailing on the bow of a classic yacht.Now the dream becomes reality as he and writer and performer,Sandi Toksvig,board 'Hirta',a pilot cutter,in an attempt to sail round Britain within three months.
With them you can learn sailing tips: never stand on a rope someone else is pulling,life jackets were a good invention; historical facts: one-seventh of Nelson's navy had hernias from rope pulling; and geographical pointers: John O'Groats is not the most northerly point of the mainland,the Swellies,the Scrobies and the Wrigglers are not physical afflictions.
The journey begins on a deserted island and progresses clockwise round Britain with the crew dropping in at nearly fifty ports and harbours.With poor weather constantly hampering their progress,the journey becomes a race against the elements as well as the deadline.
Will the reality of such an undertaking live up to John and Sandi's expectations? How will John cope with the confined quarters of a boat or seasick Sandi with the temperamental 'sea toilet'? And what will the encounters with the people of Britain's coast reveal about an island nation? The Channel Islands' chandler who reveals hidden tunnels left by WW2 German armies; Buddhist monks who've bought a Scottish island as a retreat; the prisoners in Portland prison - all these, and other intriguing discoveries,add up to a unique portrait of life in Britain and, as the journey gathers speed,two sometimes conflicting yet complimentary views of life at sea.
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** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard 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 AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **
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