Avanti Goes To War

[No place]: Privately Printed, (1948).

Price: $300.00

Hardcover. First edition. Introduction by William H. Taylor. Burlap covered boards. Tipped-in photographs. Slight foxing to the boards, else a near fine copy. Exceptionally uncommon, the account of an ocean racing yacht owned by Walter Rothschild that became part of the American Coast Guard's anti-submarine "picket line." Rothschild's calling card laid in.

Item #286590

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Item #286590 Avanti Goes To War. Rufus SMITH.