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(SHIELDS, Henry) MEIKLE, James.
Famous Clyde Yachts. 1888
£4,250
First and only edition. The Royal Clyde Yacht Club was the biggest in Britain at the end of the nineteenth century, larger even than the Solent Yacht Club, and Clyde yachts were...
Folio. Bound in recent green half morocco, retaining the original green boards, titles and illustration to front board gilt. 31 mounted chromolithographic plates. A... Read more
SLOCUM, Joshua.
Voyage of the Liberdade. Description of a Voyage "Down to the Sea." 1890
£2,500
First edition, this copy inscribed on the first blank, "To Capt. Masson with compts. of Joshua Slocum, New York, May 21st 1890." Slocum's first book, really quite uncommon with just...
Small octavo. Original dark green cloth, title gilt to the upper board, palmette band in blind at head and tail, sepia floral sprigged endpapers, Frontispiece from a... Read more
THOMPSON, Winfield M., & Thomas W. Lawson.
The Lawson's History of The America's Cup. 1902
£1,750
First Edition. Limited to 3000 copies.
Large quarto. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full dark blue morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, triple raised bands, burgundy endpapers, twin rule to... Read more
(YACHTING)
Yachting Monthly Magazine. Illustrated. 1898
£1,750
A complete run of this short-lived, handsome and highly ambitious journal of the yachting world. Complete sets are extremely uncommon, listings on COPAC for BL and Oxford only, OCLC...
2 volumes, large octavo. Original red pebble-grained cloth, title gilt to spines and upper boards. 64 plates, 24 of them folding plans, numerous illustrations to the... Read more
LARKIN, F.A.
Blue-ings. 1890
£1,750
Cruise of the forty-foot steam yacht Riverside in March, 1890, with a crew of five, who are pictured in a wonderful albumen photo showing them lounging in the bow of the yacht. The...
Quarto (289 × 239 mm). Original brown "alligator skin" cloth on card wraps, title gilt to the upper panel, pinkish buff endpapers. Original albumen print (184... Read more
(NEW YORK YACHT CLUB)
Constitution for the Government of the New-York Yacht Club. 1857. 1857
£1,750
First edition. Uncommon, just a handful of copies of these early handbooks to the club have survived. The New York Yacht Club was founded in 1844, probably the third such club -...
Duodecimo (148 × 93 mm). Original red linen over light card wraps, title gilt to upper panel. Folding coloured plate of yacht flags. Ex-Connecticut State Library... Read more
SLOCUM, Joshua.
Sailing Alone Around the World. 1900
£875
First edition, first printing of this superb narrative of the first single-handed circumnavigation of the globe. "The classic account of a small boat voyage, which has been compared...
Octavo. Original blue cloth, titles and decoration to spine and upper board in silver and green, top edge gilt, others uncut. Half-tone frontispiece and numerous... Read more
GAVIN, C. M.
Royal Yachts. 1932
£875
First edition, number 275 of 1000 copies only. A full and documented account of British Royal Yachts and their owners from the earliest times to 1932. Includes lists of Royal yachts...
Quarto. Original navy blue hard grain morocco, titles to front cover and spine gilt, Royal Standard to the front cover gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut.... Read more
GAVIN, C. M.
Royal Yachts. 1932
£850
First edition, number 157 of 1000 copies only. A full and documented account of British Royal Yachts and their owners from the earliest times to 1932. Includes lists of Royal yachts...
Quarto. Original navy blue hard grain morocco, title gilt to upper board and spine, Royal Standard gilt to the upper board, top edge gilt, others uncut.... Read more
LOUBAT, Joseph Florimond.
A Yachtsman's Scrap Book, 1887
£850
First edition. This copy inscribed on the first blank; "Colonel John Hay with the compliments of the editor, J.F. Loubat, New York, May 31st 1887." Uncommon early yachting memoir,...
Octavo. Original olive green pebble-grained cloth, title gilt to the spine and upper board, decorative bands in blind to both boards, sepia floral endpapers. Engraved... Read more
DUNCAN, Robert F. (ed.)
A Cruising Guide to the New England Coast. 1937
£750
First published edition, limited to 1500. Follows a mimeographed typescript produced for subscribers only in a run perhaps as small as 50 copies. "This outstanding cruising guide...
Quarto. Original double spiral-bound, blue cloth boards, title in red panel to the upper board. Remains of the dust jacket, pictorial upper panel largely complete.... Read more
DUNCAN, Robert F. (ed.)
A Cruising Guide to the New England Coast. 1937
£500
First published edition, limited to 1500. Follows a mimeographed typescript produced for subscribers only in a run perhaps as small as 50 copies. "This outstanding cruising guide...
Quarto. Original double spiral-bound, blue cloth boards, title in silver panel to the upper board. Frontispiece and 25 other plates and charts. Minor shelf-wear, light... Read more
FRANCIS, Joseph.
The Life Saving Appliances of Joseph Francis. 1887
£475
First edition. Uncommon, OCLC records just 4 copies - US Coast Guard Academy, Smithsonian, NYPL, and Texas Tech. Francis's name was extremely well-known in the late nineteenth and...
Quarto. Original plum cloth, title gilt to the spine and upper board, gilt block of Francis's Patent Metallic Life Car to the lower board, bright pink endpapers.... Read more
(NEW YORK YACHT CLUB)
Constitution, By-laws, Sailing Regulations, &c. of the New York Yacht Club. 1888
£450
First editionThe New York Yacht Club was founded in 1844, probably the third such club - after the Narrangansett Boat Club (1838) and the Detroit Boat Club (1839) - founded in the...
Octavo. Original blue cloth, NYYC crest gilt to the upper board, blind panels to both boards, brown surface-paper endpapers, edges stained red. 15 chromolithographic... Read more
BRETT, Edwin.
Notes on Yachts (First Series). 1869
£395
First and only edition, all published, and uncommon, just 6 copies on COPAC. "A good exposition of design ideas of the 1870s, and especially of the efficiency of sails and of various...
Octavo. Original mid-blue cloth, title gilt to the spine and to the upper board with a decorative roundel within gilt panel, brown surface-paper endpapers. Fine... Read more
WOOD, Edward F. R.
Sailing Days at Mattapoisett 1870-1960. 1961
£300
First and only edition, one of 350 copies printed for the author, this designated a "soiled copy" at the limitation leaf: the author's own copy, marked up with his corrections. Wood...
Octavo. Original cream buckram, title in blue to upper board and spine. Frontispiece and 23 pages of illustrations. Covers yellowed, and marked, crossed through in... Read more
(PROVIDENCE YACHT CLUB)
Constitution, By-laws, Sailing Regulations, Etc., of the Providence Yacht Club. 1878
£300
First edition. The "list of vessels belonging to the Providence Yacht Club" shows N.G. Herreshoff owning both a sloop and a catamaran, one of only two in the club. Extremely rare...
Duodecimo (152 × 108 mm). Sewn as issued in the original violet, printed glazed card wraps. Club badge verso of title page. A little rubbed and oiled, a couple... Read more
FINLAY, David W.
Reminiscences of Yacht Racing and Some Racing Yachts. 1910
£300
First and only edition. Extremely uncommon, one of the most desirable of the early twentieth-century yachting books. Finlay was Regius Professor of Medicine at Aberdeen for over 21...
Original white cloth, title gilt to the spine, yacht club burgees to the upper board in colour, top edge gilt. Photogravure frontispiece and 4 other plates, 4 plates... Read more
STONE, Herbert L. & Alfred F. Loomis.
Millions for Defense. 1934
£235
First edition, limited to 950 copies, this an out of series copy. Uncommon in the jacket. "A well-illustrated history of the 14 defences of the Cup, 1870-1930 … The authors,...
Quarto. Original blue buckram, title in gilt and pennants in colour to the upper board. With the glassine jacket. Coloured frontispiece and numerous collotype... Read more
ACKERS, George Holland.
Universal Yacht Signals. 1859
£225
Third edition, first published 1847, all editions uncommon. Ackers based his system on Marryat's signals meaning that it would be possible for "all Yachts to communicate with each...
Landscape duodecimo (100 × 137 mm) Original blue wavy-grain cloth, title gilt to the upper board, pale cream endpapers. 7 hand-coloured plates of flags, full-page... Read more
HUGHES, John Scott.
Famous Yachts. 1928
£225
First edition. "A useful reference book covering more than 60 yachts, beginning with those of Charles II, and providing pictures of most of them" (Toy). Includes photographs by Beken...
Small quarto. Original blue cloth, title gilt to spine and upper board. With the dust jacket. Tipped-in frontispiece and 48 similar plates. Endpapers lightly browned,... Read more
HALLETT, John F.
Log of the Yacht Sandpiper. 1967-70
£200
Cruising around Buzzard's Bay and Maine waters, a full and very-well written log details the peregrinations of the Concordia 31 sloop Sandpiper during her first 3 seasons. Owner and...
Landscape quarto, Danforth/White Log Book and Guest Register. Original lacquered buckram, titled in blue on the upper board. Manuscript log of c.150 pages, completed... Read more
CROWNINSHIELD, Francis Boardman.
The Log of Cleopatra's Barge II 1928-1942. 1948
£195
First edition. "A log of cruises along the north-east coast of the United States made by the author, the last of the eccentric family whose fortune was made in shipping in the years...
Quarto. Red morocco-backed marbled boards, title gilt to the spine, paper label to the upper board, top edge gilt the others uncut. Portrait frontispiece and 11 other... Read more
HOWLAND, Llewellyn.
Sou' West and By West of Cape Cod. 1947
£175
First edition. This copy inscribed by the author in the year of publication to the boat designer and author L. Francis Herreshoff "an inspirer to the attainment of perfection."...
Octavo. Original dark blue cloth, lettered in silver on the spine and with a lighthouse device to the upper board. With the dust jacket. Head- and tail-pieces, some... Read more
(YACHTING)
By-Laws and Racing Rules of the Yacht Racing Association of Massachusetts 1911
£175
Sixteenth year of issue. These handbooks are uncommon, and this a lovely copy.
Octavo. Original grey cloth with the title and Honor Shield of the YRA of M to the upper board in blue, Folding chart of Boston harbour at the rear, 3 plates of club... Read more
