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ROWING, SCULLING AND CANOEING / SAILING AND YACHTING

ROWING, SCULLING AND CANOEING / SAILING AND YACHTING

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Victorian guides to boating with oars, paddles and sails, blending history and practical advice and nicely illustrated with original line drawings, vignettes and full-page prints. One of the series of Captain Crawley's Handbooks. No date listed but believed to be from 1878.

8vo. 127pp. Cloth-covered boards with red-morrocco spine and corners. Boards rubbed to edges and corners, particularly to head of spine. Good condition internally. Very rare.

Date
1878
Publisher
Ward, Lock & Co.
Author
A MEMBER OF THE LONDON ROWING CLUB / A MEMBER OF THE THAMES YACHT CLUB

£120.00 (Code: 96886)

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