The Cruise of the Montauk to Bermuda, the West Indies and Florida

by James McQuade

$500 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

First edition

First edition. Frontispiece & 15 plates. xv, i , 441 pp. 1 vols. Large 8vo. Original blindstamped pictorial cloth, spine gilt, a touch of wear to the extremities but a fine copy. Toy, 1057; Morris & Howland, p 92. Item #301986 An ornately wordy account, filled with ironic humor, puns and amusing turns of phrase. Gives very detailed descriptions of soial conditions in the places visited Toy .

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