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ACROSS BASS STRAIT / A SOUVENIR OF OCEAN YACHT RACE FROM QUEENSCLIFF VIC. TO LOW HEAD TAS. DECEMBER 27TH 1907
Best.-Nr. 231054Atlas Press Melbourne c.1908. Quarto 60 pp 21 pp plates lacks title and one plate in half vellum lettered boards. Incl some ephemera re "Shamrock" - one of the competitors and incl. bookplate of Dr. Henry Shannon who helped crew "Shamrock" in the 30's - and includes a chronology of the vessel in his hand - 4 yachts competed in this "Rudder Cup" won by Thistle. Ellida had to return to Queenscliff but the other 2 Shamrock and Rambler completed the race. Henry Shannon owned The Shamrock in the 1930's cutting re this included. Excessively rare. Atlas Press, Melbourne, c.1908 hardcover
Camberwell Books · Australien750,00 AU$≈ 467,12 €
