THE ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON 1815-1900: Memorials of its Members, with an Enquiry into the History of Yachting and its Development in the Solent; and a Complete List of Members with their Yachts from the Foundation of the Club to the Present Time from the Off

FIRST EDITION 8vo. (approx. 23.5 x 15.5cm) blue cloth hardback, decorative gilt. t.e.g. 525pp., illustrated with 47 b/w plates. Ex Libris bookplate of Frank C. Bowen (one of the consulting editors of Shipping Wonders of the World) to front pastedown. A few pencil notes in Index. Occasional light foxing, mainly to prelims. Light rubbing to spine edges with small split to top edge. Small white fleck to lower board, possibly part of cloth itself. Overall a VERY GOOD COPY.