A Yachtsman's Guide to the Dutch Waterways: Including the Zuider Zee and the Friesland Meres.
London.
Edward Stanford, 1905.
First edition.
8vo.
xiii, 158pp. With two folding maps of Amsterdam and Rotterdam Harbour respectively, numerous small line maps in the text, and a large folding coloured map of Dutch Waterways housed in rear pocket. Original publisher's navy cloth, lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed, spine dulled. Scattered spotting.
The first edition of chemist and avid yatcthsman Sir Thomas Edward Thorpe's (1845-1925) authoritative manual on navigating the waterways of Holland.
£ 50.00
Antiquates Ref: 29635
