Lot No: 9020

Harry Brittain: 'Notes on the Broads and Rivers of Norfolk & Suffolk', Norwich, circa 1890, 5th edition, ownership signature of Herbert Woods (1891-1954), founder of the Herbert Woods boatyard of Potter Heigham in 1929 and designer of the revolutionary Broads light Cruiser 'Speed of Light', with an earlier manuscript pen and ink log of a trip in 1891 on board ''Driven Mist'' from Loynes at Wroxham. John Loynes may also have been aboard on this trip, the m/s crew list including a ''J.M.L.'', rebound cloth gilt, original wraps bound in, lacks title page, together with another copy of the same work, [1887], contemporary half calf gilt, plus George Christopher Davies: 'Jarrolds' Illustrated Guide to The Rivers and Broads of Norfolk & Suffolk', 45th edition, circa 1900, folding map and illustrations as called for, original pictorial boards (3)

Sale Price: £50.00