The Cruise of the Branwen

£1,250 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

Cook captained the English fencing team in Paris in 1903 and Athens in 1906, and was subsequently involved in the organisation of the Olympic Games in London in 1908. With a printed note inserted loosely asking for readers to forward “any corrections or additions they may think advisable” prior to the publication “in the ordinary way” of The Olympic Games.

• Year: 1908

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