The Common Sense of Yacht Design by Herreshoff, L. Francis - (1975)

Jamaica, New York: Caravan-Maritime Books. Very Good- in Very Good dust jacket. (1975). Hardcover. No signatures. Some mottling to cloth boards. Bookseller's label on front endpaper, Boat Books, Crows Nest, N.S.W. Some small adhesive tape stains at corners of boards and corners of dust-jacket. Dust-jacket protected in archival cover. ; 1975 reprint of 1974 reprint edition of a title first published in 1946. 2 volumes bound as one volume. Volume One: xi, [1], 157, [1 (blank)] pages; Volume Two: vii, [1], 176 pages. Dark blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 305 x 227mm. Illustrated with 378 numbered figures, many of which are black and white photographic illustrations of yachts. 1 page Foreword by Clinton H. Crane dated 1946. "Lewis Francis Herreshoff died on Dec. 4, 1972, at the age of 82. His passing ends an era in the yachting world. Having grown up in the environment of the famed Herreshoff yard at Bristol, R.I., his burning interest throughout life remained the design and development of fine yachts." - from dust-jacket blurb. ; .