Mischief Goes South.

TILMAN, Harold William.

Item Number: 114927

London: Hollis & Carter, 1968.

First edition of Henry William Tilman’s classic account of his 1966-67 voyage aboard the Bristol Channel Pilot Cutter Mischief. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with photographs, charts and maps. From the library of James Stephen “Steve” Fossett with his bookplate to the front pastedown. American businessman and record-setting aviator Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in 2002 in his 10-story high balloon Spirit of Freedom. He completed the 2002 trip in 13 days, 8 hours, and 33 minutes and set records for both the Longest Distance Flown Solo in a Balloon and Fastest Balloon Flight Around the World. Fosset was also one of sailing’s most prolific distance record holders set the Absolute World Speed Record for airships with a Zeppelin NT in 2004. He received numerous awards and honors throughout his career including aviation’s highest award, the Gold Medal of the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI), which he was awarded in 2002. Fossett disappeared on September 3, 2007 while flying a light aircraft over the Great Basin Desert, between Nevada and California. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Yvonne Skargon.

Here, veteran mountain-climber and small-boat sailor Harold William Tilman uses a light touch in describing the exceptional difficulties, disappointments and setbacks encountered in his 1966-67 voyage aboard the Bristol Channel Pilot Cutter Mischief in the tempestuous seas south of Cape Horn.