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A voyage of pleasure. The log of Bernard Gilboy's transpacific cruise in the boat ''Pacific'' 1882-1883
by Tompkins, J. B., editor
Cambridge, MD: Cornell Maritime Press, 1956. First edition thus, 8vo, pp. xiii, [1],64; frontispiece portrait, 6 plates, plus a large folding track chart at the back, and a folding plate of the line drawings of the Pacific; near fine copy in the dust jacket. A single-handed passage from San Francisco to (almost) Australia. It was originally published by the author in Sydney in 1883.
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$40.25
Sippican Yacht Club, Marion, Mass. Incorporated 1902
Cambridge, Mass: The Powell Press, 1906. 17 cm., pp. 22; club burgee printed in color on title page; original green printed wrappers; fine. Includes officers, by-laws, schedule of races with courses, rules, tide tables, list of yachts and launches, list of members. Not found in OCLC.
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$143.75
All Seasons' Yachtsman
by Peter J Haward
Adlard Coles Ltd. Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket. 1961. First Edition. Hardback.
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$12.60
Ocean Warriors: The thrilling story of the 2001/02 Volvo Ocean Race
by Mundle, Rob
Paperback. Good.
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$1.01
Report made to the Bureau of steam-engineering, Navy Department, March 3, 1883 ... on the hull, engine, and boiler of the steam-yacht "Siesta," constructed by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company at Bristol, R.I.
by Isherwood, B. F., chief engineer, United States Navy
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1883. First edition, 8vo, pp. 62; 1 large folding table, 1 large folding plate of the boiler, several other illustrations in the text; original printed gray wrappers; a couple of inoffensive library marks on title page recto and verso, otherwise fine. Includes data on dimensions, weight, and performance.
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$230.00
Easy Cooking : The Dutch Influence on South African Cooking
by Edwards, Pam
AMC Classic, 1982. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 72 pages (complete). Boards shelf rubbed and marked. Mild tanning, a bit foxing. Still in a very good condition, tightly bound and intact. MK.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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$28.00
A collection of three issues of The Illustrated London News containing feature articles and illustrations of the first of what became known as The America's Cup Races
London: Illustrated London News, 1851. Issue no. 508 for Saturday, August 9, 1851, with and article and illustration of the America, noting its arrival in British waters. This issue lacks pages 181-82 not related to the races. Issue no. 511 for Saturday, August 23, 1851, with a front cover illustration of the yacht races, and a lengthy article on the following page on The Royal Yacht Squadron's Regatta, not the race won by the America, which occurred the following Friday, although she is mentioned....
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$287.50
The log of the Carla Mia ... being an account of a single-handed passage across the Atlantic Ocean in a thirty-foot auxiliary ketch in the summer of nineteen seventy-eight
by Jackson, Willis Carl
Bloomington, IN: The Raintree Press, 1980. First edition limited to 250 numbered copies (this, no. 198), 12mo, pp. [2], 95, [3]; cartographic title page printed in blue and black, vignette illustrations printed in blue; quarter Dacron® over blue paper-covered boards (the Dacron® taken from the mainsail of the Carla Mia), dust jacket with light toning of the spine, else fine. Signed by the author on the half-title, original order form laid in. Dean of University Libraries at Indiana University sails...
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$115.00
A tale of five mariners bold or the log book of the Hattie B. by "Bertie Lambkins"
by [Williams, Heberton Lee.]
Philadelphia: July 15-30, 1894. Pocket diary 3½" x 6", 73 pages written in ink in a neat hand; 2 small pen & ink drawings at the beginning and the end of the journal; leather cover with some wear at extremities but the binding is sound. Together with 7 cabinet-size photographs, each identified on the verso: George B. Taylor, Walter E. Terry, John E. Latta (2), Harrison W. Latta, and Theodore A. Mehl (2). Recounting the adventures of five young men from Philadelphia who formed a club called the "Turk's...
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$805.00
Design of a High-Speed Cruising Yacht. Thesis presented for the degree of Mechanical Engineer in naval architecture
by Legg, William F
[Ithaca]: Cornell University, 1894. 4to, ff. [6], 46; 47; typescript, several leaves in the last section ("Specifications") bound out of order, but the text appears to be complete; 2 folding tables and 2 manuscript graphs bound in; occasional manuscript corrections in the text; contemporary half green cloth over black cloth sides, lettered in gilt on the upper cover; aside from the misbound leaves, near fine. Legg was Cornell class of 1894. Chapters include Methods of Design, Theory and Computations,...
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$287.50
The little sea torch: or, true guide for coasting pilots
by Serres, John Thomas, & R. Bougard
London: for the author by J. Debrett, 1801. First edition, folio, pp. [2], [i]-ii, [v]-vi, 144, [6]; likely original marbled boards, rebacked in gilt-paneled brown calf, original red morocco label preserved; minor spotting; a very good, sound, and attractive copy. The subscribers' list contains 171 names taking 191 copies, so the edition was likely a small one. This copy with the engraved bookplate of Joseph Neeld, one of the subscribers. A lovely work on "how to navigate along the coasts of England,...
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$14,375.00
The World of Yachting 5 1981
by Page, Frank & Payer, George (Editorial consultants)
Paris: Patrick Teboul, Éditions de Messine. [1982]. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Light wear to dustjacket edges and corners. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 216 pages. . 1st English Language Edition. Hardback.
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$14.31
Round the World With Ridgway
by Ridgway, John and Ridgway, Marie Christine
London: Heinemann. 1978. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with colour plates, black and white photographs, diagrams and maps. Previous owner's personal details stamped to front free end paper. 317 pages. The Ridgways, mostly through their separate diaries, tell the story of their voyage as part of the 1977-78 Whitbread Round the World Yacht Race. Robust,...
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$13.01
Penguin Class Dinghy Association. Year Book for 1944
[Alexandria, Va.], 1944. 21 cm., pp.72; illustrated throughout; original pictorial gray wrappers printed in blue; fine. Officers, trophies, constitution, by-laws, measurement information, fleets, fleet activities, directory of owners, and numerous advertisements.
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$40.25
The Royal Cruising Club Journal. Season 1919. Established 1880
London: printed for the Royal Cruising Club by C. F. Roworth, March, 1920. 8vo (22 cm), pp. 118; officers and committees, 40-year history of the club, an account of the club's challenge cups, 7 accounts of passages and/or cruises by club members, plus book reviews. Original gray cloth stamped in black on spine; previous owners name and address; very good.
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$51.75
The America's Cup International Race 1899
by New York Life Insurance Co
[New York: The Florence Publishing Co, 1899. 32mo (approx. 5" x 4"), pp. [30]; 5 pages of text and 22 full-p. illustrations of the Cup yachts from both photographs and paintings, each with descriptive captions; original silver embossed pictorial red wrappers, some fading and light dampstains, extremities rubbed, else good and sound. A scarce ephemeral souvenir of the 1899 series. Six in OCLC: AAS, Princeton, Peabody-Essex, Tennessee, Virginia, and Cincinnati Public.
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$143.75
Fifteenth anniversary record of the Chesapeake Bay Fleet I.S.C.Y.R.A. (1923-1938)
by Rulon Miller, Robert and Aubrey Pearre III
[Baltimore, MD]: Published by the Members of the Chesapeake Bay Fleet [Press of the Hoffman Brothers Co.], 1938. First edition, 8vo, pp. 84, [1]; facsimile on title page verso, numerous black & white photographic illustrations, fine in cloth backed paper covered boards with glassine wrapper.
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$57.50
Der Deutsche Segelsport ... Unter Mitwirkung von Redakteur G. Belitz, Regierungsrat Dr. Riess und Schiffbau-Ingenieur de Ahna..
by Stower, Willy
Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, 1905. First edition, imperial 8vo, pp. [2], xii, 315, [1]; color frontispiece portrait, 14 color plates,128 illustrations in the text (a number full-page), mostly after paintings and watercolors by the author, plus 1 folding plate; original beige buckram with a large color insert on the front cover; wear at the edges, spine a bit soiled and slight cracking of the cloth on the rear joint; all else very good. An uncommon history of yachting in Germany, with a section on The...
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$316.25
Log of the Urchin. Port Huron - Mackinac Race, July 23-27, 1927
by Gibson, Charles DeWolf
Quarto carbon typescript 8½" x 11", bound in green cloth with title and small sailboat vignette stamped in gilt on the upper cover; dedication page with a mounted photograph of the skipper, Alger Shelden; 21 numbered pages plus 7 pages with 22 original photographs mounted in photo corners, most of the Urchin and its crew, many with hand written captions identifying the people. One additional crew photo laid in. Light soiling to the front board, one tear in cloth at spine; overall very good. The Port...
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$1,437.50
By-laws, Sailing Rules, etc. of the Yacht Racing Association of Massachusetts. Organized March 19, 1896
by Yacht Racing Association of Massachusetts
Boston: Press of A.T. Bliss & Co, 1901. 8vo, pp. 138; numerous illustrated advertisements and half-tones of yachts and trophies. 3 color plates of yacht club flags and pennants; original pictorial green cloth stamped in white on upper cover; light spotting of the binding, hinges starting, first leaf with short marginal tears; all else good or better.
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$51.75
Fair winds & foul: a narrative of daily life aboard an American clipper ship
by PERRY, FREDERICK
Boston: Charles E. Lauriat Company, 1925. First edition, 8vo, pp. [2], xi, [1], 204; 8 mounted plates; sail; plan and deck plan in the text; pages toning, else a fine, bright copy in original blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine. The author made several voyages while working his way up "from third mate to first mate at the height of the history of the California Clipper ships ... The incidents record the everyday life of the men [and] an accurate painting of the rather sordid conditions."
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$51.75
Deep Sea Sailing
by Erroll Bruce
Stanley Paul, 1959. Hardcover. Good. 1959. Reprinted. 244 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Contains black and white plates throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.
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$6.93
![Preliminary report of a Board of United States Naval Engineers on the Herreshoff launch and system of machinery for steam yachts, launches, &c. made to the Bureau of Steam Engineering, Navy Department, October 26, 1880 [wrapper title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/235/461/1362461235.0.b.jpg)
Preliminary report of a Board of United States Naval Engineers on the Herreshoff launch and system of machinery for steam yachts, launches, &c. made to the Bureau of Steam Engineering, Navy Department, October 26, 1880 [wrapper title]
by Herreshoff Manufacturing Co
N.p., 1880. 32mo (approx. 5¼" x 3¼"), pp. 14, [2]; original printed green wrappers; fine. It's unclear if this is a Navy Dept. publication or a Herreshoff one. An early Herreshoff item, nonetheless. The company wasn't founded until 1878. Not in OCLC.
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$230.00
Successful Yacht Racing
by C. Stanley Ogilvy
Peter Davies, London, 1952. Hardcover in Dustjacket. Very Good +. Edgewear to jacket.. BOATSA yachting classic. First Edition. pp. xii, 192 illusts #311023 Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen...
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$14.31
THE NORTHSEAMEN.
by Leather, John
Lavenham:Terence Dalton Limited, 1978. hard cover. Very Good/Very Good. http://www.parnassusbooks.com/image/data/books/2015/09/0_246.jpg. The story of the fishermen, yachtsmen and shipbuilders of the colne and Blackwater Rivers. Lavenham:Terence Dalton Limited. (1978). 336pp. Illustrated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Jacket is lightly worn at the edges with a little soiling to the covers.Some rubbing to the spine but otherwise in very good condition. Book itself is only mildly shelf-worn. Interior is...
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$30.00
