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: August, 1852 - December, 1880. 29 volumes, large 8vo (approx. 23 cm); an immaculate set, uniformly bound in half black morocco over boards with raised bands and gold spine decoration, top edges gilt. Each volume contains the bookplate of Charles Plumptre Johnson, a noted yachtsman of his day and..... More
London: Illustrated London News, 1887. Folio, and removed from an earlier binding. Issue no. 2529 for Saturday, October 8, 1887, with a front page wood engraving of a trial race between the yachts Mayflower, Thistle, and Volunteer, and a 2-column article on the following page on "The Great American Yacht..... 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
[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. 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
V.p., v.d. 1860s - 2000s. The contents of this collection focuses primarily on American yacht club annuals and histories, but there are also those from sailing and yacht clubs overseas, including exotic locations such as Sudan, Bombay and Zanzibar. Nearly 200 yacht clubs world-wide are represented, about 40 of them..... More
Princeton: D. Van Nostrand Co., [1954]. First edition, 4to, 143pp., 132 photographs and diagrams; near fine copy in a chipped jacket. A Van Nostrand Sporting Book, edited and designed by Eugene Connett. More
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1885. First book edition, 8vo, pp. 129, [1], [6] ads; 57 drawings by M. J. Burns throughout text, plus 7 maps; original pictorial wrappers; some wear and soiling, several pages crudely opened yet still generally very good. Reprinted from the Century Magazine. 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
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
New York: Riverhead Books, [2010]. First edition, 8vo, pp. [10], 254, [2]; frontispiece portrait and 17 photographic illustrations on rectos and versos of 4 plates; fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Sir Thomas Lipton of Lipton Tea fame, challenged for the America's Cup on four separate occasions, losing all..... More
London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1856. Second edition, large 8vo, pp. [4], 89, [1]; engraved vignette title page, engraved map, 10 tinted lithographed plates, including one folding of whale hunting in Westmannshaven Bay, and a tinted lithograph vignette at the foot of page 84; a very good copy in..... 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
Providence: Providence Journal Co., 1946. First edition, 8vo, pp. 127, [1]; text in double column; illustrated throughout; original pictorial color wrappers; very good. 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
New York: Beadle & Broun, stationers, 55 Exchange Place, n.d., [ca. late 1870s - early 1880s]. Tri-fold leaflet on India paper (approx. 8½" x 5¼" folded), printed in red and blue; 4 wood-engraved illustrations; near fine condition. An early Herreshoff promotional - the company was founded in 1878 - touting..... More
