LYNAM, Charles Cotterill.
To Norway and the North Cape in ‘Blue Dragon II’ 1911-1912 ... Illustrated in colour, and with photographs, sketches and maps. London, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1913.
4to, pp. xxiv, 231, [1]; with 14 colour plates, 48 black and white plates, 6 maps, and numerous illustrations in the text; a few light marks; very good in original blue cloth, spine and upper cover lettered and decorated in gilt, circular photographic view pasted to upper cover, maps to pastedowns; some wear to extremities and marks to spine and covers; ink inscription of ‘R. Lawson Russell Shetland’ to front free endpaper.
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To Norway and the North Cape in ‘Blue Dragon II’ 1911-1912 ... Illustrated in colour, and with photographs, sketches and maps.
First edition of this richly-illustrated account by Lynam (1858-1938), the popular and progressive headmaster of the Dragon School in Oxford. ‘As a yachtsman Lynam had a touch of genius. His cruises in Blue Dragon I, II, and III up the west coast of Scotland and across the North Sea to Norway and the North Cape became legendary. In recognition of the latter, a distance of 1387 miles, he was awarded the challenge cup of the Royal Cruising Club’ (ODNB).