Item #97256 The Cruise of the 'Avocet'. In Search of Skuas and other things. Reprinted from 'The Register'. Captain Samuel Albert WHITE.
The Cruise of the 'Avocet'. In Search of Skuas and other things. Reprinted from 'The Register'
The Cruise of the 'Avocet'. In Search of Skuas and other things. Reprinted from 'The Register'

The Cruise of the 'Avocet'. In Search of Skuas and other things. Reprinted from 'The Register'

Adelaide, W.K. Thomas and Co., Printers, [1917].

Sextodecimo, 68 pages plus 16 full-page plates.

Original full leather (possibly morocco) very slightly rubbed at the extremities; a fine copy.

McLaren 16761: 'Visit to the islands at the entrance to the St Vincent and Spencer's Gulfs in January 1916' on board the Rymills' motor yacht. A presentation copy in a deluxe binding, inscribed 'To W.J. Sowden Esq J.P. / Editor of "The Register" / with every good wish / from the writer / June 1917'. William John Sowden (1858-1943) was editor of 'The Register' from 1899 to 1922; he was knighted in 1918.

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