LOT 3078
11th July 2016
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LOT 3078
[BRASSEY, Thomas Allnutt.] Journal of a Voyage through the Western Isles of Scotland and along the Coast of Norway, in the Yacht 'Cymba', in the Summer of 1856. London: Mann Nephews, 1857. First edition, 8vo (200 x120mm.) Tinted lithograph frontispiece, 2 folding maps. (Light browning, occasional minor spotting or soiling, minor tear without loss to folding map.) Original cloth blocked in gilt and blind (extremities lightly bumped and scuffed, spine darkened). Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection. Note: Brassey's first experience of sailing was at Rugby School, after a short time in a hired yacht 'Zillah', he began to compete in club events in 1855 in a yacht called 'Cymba'.
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