The Riddle of the Sands.
Childers, Erskine.
Charles E. Lauriat, ( 1927), Boston
18.5 cm. xii, 336 pp. b/w folding frontispiece map and charts.
Price: $45
A mystery novel expertly spliced with the factual account of a small-boat voyage. Toy calls it, “the classic yachting novel, written by a singularly complex and attractive man… and martyr to the cause of Irish independence… The book continues to fascinate succeeding generations of yachtsmen…” Toy 5391 Scattered light foxing, else a very good copy bound in publisher’s blue cloth
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