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74 . Antrobus, Paul, et.al. Ocean Racing Around the World .
Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1975; 1st Amer. ed. Small 4to, Full cloth , Color/B&W Photographs , 234 pages. Condition: Very good in a worn jacket. Jacket in Mylar protector.
Three professional yachting writers analyze the sport some have described as being like 'standing under a cold shower tearing up hundred dollar bills.' A nice collection of writing about the four most popular, competitive, and challenging international races: Southern Ocean Racing Conference, the 'Onion Patch', the Admiral's Cup, and the Southern Cross Cup. Lower fore corner of front board is rubbed through cloth and bumped about 1/8", prior owner's name is inked on top edge of front free endpaper and title page. Jacket is price clipped, has laminate scratches on rear panel, 1/8"-1/4" rubs at corners, and a 1/2" x 3/4" worn/abrasion mark in top left part of front panel.
$9.00 order or inquire Yacht Racing ocean racing Sailing sailboats boating admiral's cup southern cross cup onion patch southern ocean
9639 . Beken of Cowes (Introduction by Olin Stephens). The America's Cup .
London: Collins Harvill, 1990; First British edition. Folio, Full cloth , black and white photographs , 192 pages. Condition: Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket in Mylar protector. A stunning tribute to the artistry of the designers and craftsmen of the lovely America's Cup yachts. Profusely illustrated with captioned photographs selected by Keith Beken from four generations of his family's work in yacht photography. Includes a digest of match results and a bibliography of the America's Cup. Bound in gray cloth over boards with spine titled in gilt, gray endpapers. Just a touch of fading to top edges boards. Jacket has a few minor edge rubs.
$50.00 order or inquire Yacht Racing America'S Cup new york yacht club NYYC Nathanael Herreshoff Shamrock Thomas Lipton Valiant Valkyrie
838 . Gilles, Daniel. Alone .
Boston: Sail Books, Inc., 1977 (1976); 1st American. Octavo, Full cloth , b&w photographs and illus. , 217 pages. Condition: Near Fine in a Very Good Dust Jacket. Jacket in Mylar protector.
Details of the immense feats of seamanship involved in the transatlantic singlehanded sailboat race. Preface by Eric Tabarly. Blue cloth with silver stamped spine lettering. Jacket has some edge rubs, a couple of short edge tears to top edge of rear panel, and a closed 1.25" tear to lower edge of rear panel. Translated by John Buchanan-Brown. Bibliography, index. Clean and sound copy.
$12.00 order or inquire Transatlantic Sailing Sailboats Singlehanded Seamanship Racing
9938 . Kemp, Dixon (1839-1899), revised and partly re-written by B[rooke]. Heckstall Smith. A Manual of Yacht and Boat Sailing. Ninth Edition (volume I only) .
London: Horace Cox, "The Field Office", 1900. Quarto, Original cloth , engraved cuts , xii, 667 pages + ads. Condition: Good. Kemp's classic work on selecting, inspecting, and building a yacht along with detailed instruction on seamanship and sailing in open yachts, steam yachts, ice boats, and much more. This edition was published in two volumes: the first being the main text volume illustrated with engravings and the second being a volume of 124 folding plates. The present book is the first volume only. See TOY #2152; MORRIS & HOWLAND p. 76. Bound in royal blue cloth over boards with black endpapers, spine titled in gilt. Rubs to edges of boards, fraying of .25" along head and heel of spine, some evidence of old dampstaining at top 1.5" of lower board. Hinges sound.
$350.00 order or inquire Yachts and Yachting Sailing Seamanship Yacht Racing Yawls steam yachts Mersey River canoeing center board
8585 . Larsson, Lars and Rolf E. Eliasson. Principles of Yacht Design .
London: Adlard Coles Nautical, (1997). Quarto, Hardcover , Diagrams , xvi, 302 pages. Condition: Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket in Mylar protector. Offers a complete examination of the revolutionary changes wrought upon yacht design by high profile events such as the America's Cup and the Whitbread races, particularly since the 1960s. Excellent illustrations and a clear writing style make this complex material accessible to amateurs as well as professionals. Bound in dark blue textured paper over boards with spine lettered in silver foil. Some minor extremity rubs, bookseller's label at lower inner margin of front pastedown. Jacket has a few shallow edge wrinkles. Clean and sound copy.
$35.00 order or inquire Yacht Racing Yacht Design Fiberglass Hull Design yachting Sailing America'S Cup Whitbread Race Sailboats
2456 . Smallwood, Robert B. Sir Thomas Lipton, England's Great Merchant Sportsman (1850-1931) .
New York: Newcomen Society, 1953; 2nd printing. Octavo, Wrappers , Reproduced engravings , 24 pages. Condition: Very good.
An address on the life and work of Sir Thomas Lipton delivered at a Newcomen Society of England dinner in January, 1953. Lipton was a successful food merchant in Glasgow who pioneered the concept of a chain of shops, and eventually built the famous Lipton tea empire. He also was a noted yachtsman whose 'Shamrock' yachts several times challenged, but never won the America's Cup. Brown wraps printed in black and red on front cover, stapled binding. Light browning and faint soil to covers, mild wrinkle at head of spine.
$9.00 order or inquire America's Cup Yachting Business history Tea Americana Yachts Merchants Mercantile Yacht Racing
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