Rules for the government of the Royal Yacht Squadron.
Royal Yacht Squadron, Great Britain
Category
Books
Date
1913
Materials
Place of origin
Cowes
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3251210
Summary
Bibliographic description
39, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates : col. ill. ; 8vo. List of officers of the Squadron, May 1927, pasted over original list on p. [3]. Slips of paper with printed amendments to rules tipped-in throughout (dated variously 1915, 1922 and 1924). Pages 34-39 ('Relating to members' yachts and the use of flags and signals') overstamped in purple ink: 'Cancelled. See flag and signal rules'. Provenance: Twentieth-century pictorial bookplate (sailing ship with Fairhaven arms on sails): ‘Sapphire R.Y.S.’ and ‘Broughton’ [i.e. from the library of the yacht ‘Sapphire’, owned by Urban Hanlon Broughton (1857-1929), later by Cara Leland Rogers, Lady Fairhaven (1867-1939)]. Binding: Twentieth-century quarter blue cloth, white cloth over boards; gilt stamped monogram of the Royal Yacht Squadron and gilt lettering on upper board.
Makers and roles
Royal Yacht Squadron, Great Britain , issuer