A Thousand Miles in the Rob Roy Canoe On Rivers and Lakes Of Europe.

J. MacGregor( M.A. Trinity College Cambs)

Published by Sampson Low, Son and Marston., London., 1866

About this Item

318 pages with a 16 page catalogue at the rear dated February 1866 and a 2 page catalogue dated April 1866. That and the words Second Edition on the title page are the only differences between the 1st edition and this. A fold-out map showing the route from the Thames. The map is also dated April 1866, was this revised? 18 woodcut illustrations with a full page frontispiece + two other full page wood-engraved plates. Cloth worn, gilt motif on cover and gilt titles on spine, chocolate colour endpapers with old glue residue in gutters, not severe just there! Contents about VG. A Rare pleasant travelogue through the rivers Meuse, Rhine and backwater waterways of 19th century europe on his canoe The "Rob Roy" and this the very first man to use a canoe with a sail to travel this way. Rare. (I will be offering the rarer work On the Baltic at the same time. Look at my listings or type the title into Abebooks).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Thousand Miles in the Rob Roy Canoe On Rivers and Lakes Of Europe.
• Publisher: Sampson Low, Son and Marston., London.
• Publication Date: 1866
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Not applicable
• Weight: 0.7 kilograms