Boston: published by the secretary, 1938. 15.6 cm, pp. 80; folding color plate of code signals, folding color plate of storm signals; original green cloth stamped in gilg white, blue, and red. Fine copy. Containing the club's by-laws, committees, lists of yachts and members, house rules, racing rules, etc. More
V.p., v.d. [ca. late 1870s - 2000s]. Ranging in size from 3" x 4" to 11" x 14" with representative examples by N. L. Stebbins (28 in number), John T. Hopf (22); P. L. Sperr (11); Charles Magnus (5); Morris Rosenfeld (5); Frank H. Child (3); Hollis Burgess (3); James..... More
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..... More
Providence: J.A. and R.A. Reid, printers, 1876. 15.2 cm., pp. 41, [1]; double-page color lithograph plate of club flags and private pennants; original blue cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover; some childish scribble in pencil on a few pages (mostly erased), otherwise a very good copy. Contains lists of..... More
London: William Little, Saturday, July 31, 1852. 16" x 11", pp. [1], 66-80 [i.e. 16 pages]; 3 columns per page, removed from binding, numerous wood engravings. Commercial relations between Great Britain and France, foreign and colonial news, the supply of water in Paris, asylum for noble ladies at St. Petersburgh..... More
At sea, and on Cuba: February 16 - April 26, 1892. Small quarto ruled record book, bookseller's label of Corlies Macy & Co., Stationers, New York on the front pastedown, and containing approximately 145 pages by an unnamed passenger, recounting the voyage; the journal is enhanced by occasional, if somewhat..... More
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..... More
Gillingham, Dorset: Blackmore Press, 1964. 8vo, pp. 20; original blue printed wrappers; near fine. Laid in is a folio bifolium being an Agenda for the RORC Annual Meeting with balance sheet, income statement, and a calendar of the year's events. More
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. More
Westerly, R.I. J. H. Utter & Co., n.d., [1890s]. Broadside (approx. 12¾" x 7½"); details measurement rules, prizes, and sailing directions all in a single column beneath the running head; lightly toned, previous folds, else near fine. An 'X' in the margin next to the section on rules, is keyed..... More
Princeton: D. Van Nostrand Co., [1954]. First edition, 4to, pp. 143, [1]; 132 photographs and diagrams; near fine copy in a chipped jacket. A Van Nostrand Sporting Book, edited and designed by Eugene Connett. More
[London: Nautical Books, 1986]. First English edition, 4to, 200pp., illustrated in color throughout; fine copy in the jacket. Much of the text is devoted to the successful Australian challenge in 1983, the preparation for its defense in 1987, and the challengers. More
Ipswich, Mass, Cambridge, Maryland and Norwell, Mass. 1938-1952. Consisting of 15 letters from Chapelle on 29 pages, all but one typed and single-spaced, all 11" x 8½; and 14 letters in reply from Fenger on 30 typed pages, plus a full-page drawing of a figurehead; some toning to some of..... More
Toronto, New York, & London: published for the author by D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc., [1951]. Edition limited to 250 copies, 12mo, pp. [12], 52; frontispiece of the Laughing Gull, a 44-foot Sparkman & Stephens designed yawl; 7 illustrations mostly from photographs on 5 plates (including a map of the..... More
Boston: Coffin & Woodward, n.d., [ca. 1870]. Octavo bifolium, pp.[4]; wood-engraved illustration of the traveller on the front, back panel soiled; all else very good. Includes a notice "important to owners and masters of vessels," a price list, testimonials, and ordering information. More
Providence: Providence Journal Co., 1937. First edition, 8vo, pp. [80]; text in double column; original embossed blue paper wrappers with the signature at the top of Edward Leahy, Jr., son of U.S. Senator Edward Leahy who was killed at the very end of Word War II in the submarine Herring..... More
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..... More
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Bristol, RI: Herreshoff Manufacturing Co., n.d. [ca. 1936]. First edition, 4to, pp. [2], 53; map endpapers, extensively illustrated, including 8 color reproductions from Robert F. Paterson's magnificent portfolio, The America's Cup and the Defenders of the America's Cup 1851-1930; also with 7 leaves on tissue paper showing current Herreshoff designs..... More
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..... More
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)..... More
[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..... More
[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..... More
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..... More
London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longman; Kenwick: James Ivison, n.d., [1855]. First edition, 8vo, pp. [2], xxvii, [1], 105, [5]; folding color map, 13 plates, 13 tinted lithographs (3 mounted, as issued; 1 double-page); original blue pictorial blue cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine; light wear; very..... More
[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. More
