Author: Maxwell, Donald.
Title: THE LOG OF THE GRIFFIN. The Story of a Cruise From the Alps to the Thames.
Description: John Lane ..., 1905. 1st Ed. 305pp. + [ii]. 16 colour plates, numerous bw. ills. by the Author and Cottington Taylor, 8 maps. f.e.ps. browned, e.ps. sl. spotted, without front f.e.p. but with ownership inscription affixed to stub instead, original gilt lettered green pictorial cloth, some minor soiling and rubbing, light stain to upper board, head and tail of spine sl. bumped, t.e.g. ¶ Toy 1255 ‘In August, 1901, Maxwell had the Griffin built to his plans in the mountains of Switzerland ... In October he had her hauled to Schmerikon and launched. He made his way by lake and canal to Zurich. From there the boat was hauled to the Rhine whence she made her way, partly on her own and partly on board a tug and a mail boat, to Teddington by 2 November ...’

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