Trekka Round The World.

GUZZWELL, John.

$200.00

Item Number: 114964

London: Adlard Coles Ltd, 1963.

First edition of Guzzwell’s account of his four-year single-handed voyage around the world. Octavo, original cloth. 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. An exceptional example with noted provenance.

John Guzzwell built the Trekka, a 20-foot yawl designed by Laurent Gules, and sailed her round the world, launching in 1954. This is his modest and frank account of the voyage which made him the first Englishman to single-handedly circumnavigate the globe.