This vintage book is a collection of humorous sailing poems, anecdotes, and extracts, illustrated with delightful drawings and interspersed with handy tips and useful information. Both entertaining and informative, "MR Punch Afloat - The Humours of Boating and Sailing" is highly recommended for those with an interest in sailing and would make for a fantastic addition to collections of related literature. Contents include: "Mr. Punch at the Helm", "'Arry on the River", "Making the Best of It", "Hints to Beginners", "To Pyrrha on the Thames", "My Riverside Adwentur", "Otherwise Engaged!", "Lest Men Forget", "The Amateur Yachtsman", "Robert on the River", "Bo'sen James and the Great Sea-Sarpint", and more. Many old books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on sailing.
Mr Punch Afloat - The Humours of Boating and Sailing
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This vintage book is a collection of humorous sailing poems, anecdotes, and extracts, illustrated with delightful drawings and interspersed with handy tips and useful information. Both entertaining and informative, "MR Punch Afloat - The Humours of Boating and Sailing" is highly recommended for those with an interest in sailing and would make for a fantastic addition to collections of related literature. Contents include: "Mr. Punch at the Helm", "'Arry on the River", "Making the Best of It", "Hints to Beginners", "To Pyrrha on the Thames", "My Riverside Adwentur", "Otherwise Engaged!", "Lest Men Forget", "The Amateur Yachtsman", "Robert on the River", "Bo'sen James and the Great Sea-Sarpint", and more. Many old books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on sailing.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the...
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of...
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high...
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