VOYAGE OF THE `PARMA'
THE GREAT GRAIN RACE OF 1932 FROM AUSTRALIA TO FALMOUTH BY WAY OF CAPE HORN

AUTHOR - A.J. Villiers

PUBLICATION - Geoffrey Bles 1947 reprint

CONDITION - Good condition. Age discolouration, pages with only minimal foxing on page block edges, otherwise clean and bright and binding tight. Dustwrapper heavily torn and browned with tape stains. Roughly 20% of spine area missing.

PRICE - $48

DESCRIPTION - This book tells the story of a great race to deliver grain crops from Australia to Cornwall in Britain in the shortest space of time. Captaining the `Parma', a four-masted barque crewed by boys, Alan Villiers made the gruelling voyage from Port Broughton in West Australia - 15,000 miles (24,200 kilometres) - in 104 days, delivering 5,200 tons of wheat. This is his account of a remarkable voyage.

Shipping Books