MCCULLOCH, JOHN HERRIES — A Million Miles in Sail,

New York, NY: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1933. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book is in generally clean bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing and the spine and spine joints have some fading. There is a very thin strip of discoloration to the front cover of the book. The text pages are clean and bright. "It is some time since a wind-jammer book other than fiction has offered so many thrilling adventures as will be found in this narrative from the life at sea of Captain Charles C. Dixon. The tale does not cover all of the million miles sailed by this master mariner, but John Herries McCulloch-whose name for some reason not discernible precedes that of Captain C. C. Dixon-has put together a story which is consecutive, although the gaps are at times disconcerting. The book presents the sea rather than the sailor. Very likely Captain Dixon himself would have it so. Not the least appalling of Captain Dixon's experiences with storms came with his very first voyage, made when a child in his father's ship, the S. Vaughn, a barque of 900 tons, outward bound from Liverpool to Valparaiso. Naturally, it was only after years of seagoing on his own part that Dixon was able to appreciate and visualize all that had taken place during that wild night off the Irish coast, and the account is written with the understanding view which the years had brought. " (from the New York Times book review Sept. 3, 1933). Very Good .