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CRACKNELL, JAMES & FOGLE**, BEN: : THE CROSSING: CONQUERING THE ATLANTIC IN THE WORLD'S TOUGHEST ROWING RACE. [Co-author SIGNED copy.]

LONDON.ATLANTIC BOOKS,2006.

ISBN 184354511X.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.[Complete number line 9 - 1 descending.] NFINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn but co-author (Ben Fogle) dedication,inscrptn and signature: 'To Julia,Daisy and Harry Best wishes Ben Fogle' to foot of title page and no price- clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt, colour photographic illustrated dw/dj panels,with black,brown and fluorescent silver gilt and grey+white lettering to respective front+rear panels; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.A light,small oblique crease to front top edge of dw/dj and a diagonal (accidental) crease to top corner of front inner flap of dw/dj.Top edges lightly grubbed and minimally spotted,fore-edges lightly thumb-grubbed but generally bright and clean; contents however,bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - near pristine - one dog-ear reading crease only - to p129/30's top corners.Bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain pale grey cloth bds with bright,crisp, stamped fluorescent silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain dark blue eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,co-author SIGNED (Ben Fogle's),1st edn,ix-xpp+1-277pp [paginated] includes acknowledgements,a prologue,11 chapters and an epilogue,12 pages contemporary,autobiographical colour photographs in 3 blocks of 4pp apiece, between pp54/5,pp150/51 and pp246/47 respectively,plus [unpaginated] half- title,SIGNED title page,co-author's dedications,and a contents list/table. Described hard but honestly. When James Cracknell and Ben Fogle decided to compete in the Atlantic Rowing Race,they thought they knew what awaited them: a journey of nearly three thousand miles, stormy weather and colossal physical stress.But as the security of dry land became a distant memory,the full enormity of what they had committed themselves to became apparent: that they were surrounded by empty ocean on all sides,hundreds of miles from home,trapped together in a tiny space for every waking moment.Winning the race was clearly going to be the least of their worries. Forty-nine days later Cracknell and Fogle were the first pair of rowers to cross the finishing line.They had pushed themselves physically,psychologically and emotionally to the limit.They survived without water rations,lost the few clothes they had, capsized,hallucinated,wept,fought,played games,grew beards,nursed blisters and rowed a staggering 2,930 miles. 'The Crossing' is the extraordinarily honest account of James and Ben's epic race.From cooking in a force eight gale and rubbing cream into one another's blisters to swimming with whales and fearing the other had drowned,this unputdownable account takes the reader to the very heart of James and Ben's journey: a race that forced both men to face the truth about themselves. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.
'To Julia,Daisy and Harry Best wishes Ben Fogle'

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