Cruise of the Montaukto Bermuda, The West Indies and Florida

£65.00

McQuade, James
New York, Thomas R.Knox, 1885
by James McQuade.

New York, Thomas R.Knox, 1885

1st edition. hardback. ppxv 441. original decorative cloth binding. illustrated with engravings. nice bright condition (slight rubbing to the binding. lacks front end-paper, with subsequent weakening of the upper hinge)

a scarce account of a two and a half month 1884 cruise in the auxiliary steam-powered schooner yacht "Montauk", owned by Rear-Commodore S.R. Platt of the New York Yacht Club