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Venturesome Voyages of Capt. Voss, 1913, Signed

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Venturesome Voyages of Capt. Voss, 1913, Signed
VOSS, J. C. [JOHN CLAUS]. Venturesome Voyages of Capt. Voss. Tokyo: Geiser & Gilbert Limited; Yokohama: Japan Herald Press, 1913. First edition. 8vo. Red cloth, gilt. Signed by Voss, and dated at Guam, March 14th, 1914; with facing inscriptions by others in ink and pencil, one presenting the volume on March 15th, 1914. Fair; gilt is bright, cloth soiled, spine faded and wear to ends, loosened, toning.  John Claus Voss (1858-1922) was a German-Canadian sailor from British Columbia, who sailed around the world 1901-04 in a modified dugout canoe named the Tilikum.