Antique Jack-all-Alone: His Cruises Book, by Frank Cowper, Signed Original Copy

This is a very rare original book and signed by the author Frank Cowper, dated: Dec 29th, 1900. I cannot find another original copy currently for sale !

Addressed to someone called 'Eve', with name also to the inside front cover. Another name J C Linnecar, written to some of the pages - 1996

Ilustrations by W A Wickham & the author.

Hardback, with no dust cover. 

Dated 1897

Published by L Upcott Gill - London

290 pages plus index and advertS to the back

19cm long, 13.5cm wide, 3.5cm thick.

Good used condition for age, with marks, wear and discolouration. 

Frank Cowper (18 January 1849 - 28 May 1930) was an English yachtsman, author and journalist who was influential in popularising single-handed cruising. He has been credited as "the forefather of modern cruising", and his books "laid the foundation" of the pilot guides used by yachtsmen today. As an author he also saw some commercial success with a number of published adventure and romance novels.

Cowper's most well-known work, 

Sailing Tours, describes these voyages and was published in five volumes between 1892 and 1896.