2nd May, 2017 12:00

Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art ('Hibernia')

 
  Lot 103
 

103

[M] JOURNAL AND NOTEBOOK FOR THE USE OF JUNIOR...

JOURNAL AND NOTEBOOK FOR THE USE OF JUNIOR OFFICERS (MIDSHIPMAN E.J.P. BRIND), H.M.S. BACCHANTE, EXMOUTH, AND DIANA, 14TH SEPTEMBER 1909-29TH JUNE 1911
22 pen and ink drawings, mostly of a technical nature and also some maps, 16 hand-coloured and a fine depiction in pen and wash, of Britannia and H.M.S. Diana, loose contemporary half-buckram (rather worn) -- 12¼ x 11½in. (31x 29.5cm.)

An informative journal for the use of E.J.P. Brind describing his journey to Gibraltar, Malta, Syracuse, manoeuvrers in England and Scotland, Tetuan, various ports in Spain, Genoa, La Spezia, Platea, Marsa Sirocco and Crete. He describes George V's visit to H.M.S. Exmouth and observes various ships from France, Spain, Italy and Japan. Many pages in the second half of the journal have been marked, as though for an exam by W. Kemp and others.

Sold for £397
Estimated at £400 - £600

(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)


 
JOURNAL AND NOTEBOOK FOR THE USE OF JUNIOR OFFICERS (MIDSHIPMAN E.J.P. BRIND), H.M.S. BACCHANTE, EXMOUTH, AND DIANA, 14TH SEPTEMBER 1909-29TH JUNE 1911
22 pen and ink drawings, mostly of a technical nature and also some maps, 16 hand-coloured and a fine depiction in pen and wash, of Britannia and H.M.S. Diana, loose contemporary half-buckram (rather worn) -- 12¼ x 11½in. (31x 29.5cm.)

An informative journal for the use of E.J.P. Brind describing his journey to Gibraltar, Malta, Syracuse, manoeuvrers in England and Scotland, Tetuan, various ports in Spain, Genoa, La Spezia, Platea, Marsa Sirocco and Crete. He describes George V's visit to H.M.S. Exmouth and observes various ships from France, Spain, Italy and Japan. Many pages in the second half of the journal have been marked, as though for an exam by W. Kemp and others.
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