$15 - THE LAST GRAIN RACE, Eric Newby, Picador, 1990, 250 page softbound, B&W plates - Newby is one of the great travel writers on the last century,

THE LAST GRAIN RACE, Eric Newby, Picador, 1990, 250 page softbound, B&W plates - Newby is one of the great travel writers on the last century, in part because he wrote from first-hand knowledge, signing on as an apprentice at 18 on a four-masted sailing ship...the first of many involved in 'racing' grain around the Horn and Good Hope. This book, a result of a voyage in 1938 marked the start of a remarkable writing career - $15

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THE LAST GRAIN RACE, Eric Newby, Picador, 1990, 250 page softbound, B&W plates - Newby is one of the great travel writers on the last century, in part because he wrote from first-hand knowledge, signing on as an apprentice at 18 on a four-masted sailing ship...the first of many involved in 'racing' grain around the Horn and Good Hope. This book, a result of a voyage in 1938 marked the start of a remarkable writing career - $15