The Amphibious Boat

Language: English

Published by London, 1897

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6pp extract, printed in double columns, illustrated with 7 photographs and drawings, including a map of the lakes near Copenhagen showing the route taken by the boat Swan, and a facsimile of the printed time-table of the Lyngby-Farum Steamboat Company, salvaged from a damaged issue of The Strand Magazine, Volume XIV, No. 83, December, 1897. The amphibious craft Swan, of Copenhagen, Denmark. From the opening paragraph, "This might be called the crocodile of boats, for she seems as much at home on land as in the water. She comes up out of the water, as shown in our first illustration, crosses a narrow strip of land on a little railway, and descends into the water again with utmost grace of motion. During her short career of three summers she has safely carried over forty thousand people, most of whom have been intensely attracted by the novelty of the thing. For the Swan is, I believe, the only boat of her kind in the world." Housed in protective mylar report cover with spine sleeve. Scarce. …

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Bibliographic details

Title
The Amphibious Boat
Author
Smith, James Walter
Publisher
London
Publication year
1897
Condition
VG
Binding
Soft cover
Language
English
Dimensions
8vo

Legacy Books II

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