[Royal Yacht Squadron]
Southampton, ca.1831.
8vo. a little foxing and dust marking, but generally a clean copy in the original plain black roan leather, rubbed at the spine and edges.
an important and very comprehensive early yachting signal book, complete with the five pages of hand-coloured flags and the hand-coloured plate showing the corresponding flags between the Royal Yacht Squadron and His Majesty's ships, plus nine other plates depicting sailing evolutions.