London, Simpkin Marshall.....Edinburgh & Glasgow, John Menzies & Co., [1896].
20x25cm. pictorial paper covers. 28 pages. a little creased and grubby. original wire stitching has rusted, with pages working loose. one marginal tear
a charming, humorous pictorial account of a none-too-successful yachting holiday on the Clyde.
the title-page, frontispiece and double-page centre spread are printed in colours - the latter illustrating the fine art of picking up a mooring.
a charming example of the lighter side of Victorian yachting.
