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208p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition very good
published in a Limited Edition for Sessa Marine 1 30x23 cm., legatura in piena tela con scritte in oro al piatto e al dorso, sovraccoperta illustrata a colori, pagg. 229 pi? altre di pubblicit? non numerate, edizione a tiratura limitata, riccamente illustrata, bilingue, italiano e inglese, buone condizioni.
160 pages. Features: Recollections of WoodenBoat; Twenty-five Years - Twenty-Five Boats; Denmark's Ring-Anderson shipyard; The W-class sloops at Antiqua's Classic Yacht Regatta; The Martin Skiff; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Magazine
Oblong 475 p. Hardcover Very good condition in limp green vinyl
212 p. Hardcover Very good condition good Signed in 1983 by Martin Luray, editor of Rudder.
212 p. Hardcover Very good condition good
172p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
Oblong pamphlet. 11"w x 8 3/4"h. 28 pages. Black and white photos.
Features: Great cover photo of Miss Seattle speeding across Lake Washington at over 100 mph. Features: Cruising Mexican Waters - From the Sea of Cortes to Acapulco - Part II; Seattle Bids for Harmsworth Trophy race - Stanley S. Sayres' Miss Seattle is groomed as a possible 1950 defender of the international trophy - article with photos of Sayres and his boat; Coasting Home the Hard Way - Clarence E. Walter describes his solo voyage of 1188 miles, from San Pedro to Olympia, with two LCVPs (article with photos of Walter and his converted LCVP, Thomas Kestle); Duwamish - The World's Most Powerful Fireboat - article with photos; Remote Ocean Falls, B.C. Yacht Club - article with photo; New Sardine Research Vessels - the Crest, Horizon, and Yellowfin study the life cycle of the Sardine - article with photos; NCPCA Honors Cruiser Skippers; Julie - A Model Craft for Judge John J. Miller; "Perhaps You Might Fish a Man Out of the Drink" - A Story of Flotilla 21 - USCGA; Imperial Makes Her Last Mail Delivery to Communities on the Columbia River - article with photo; Mourning the Loss of the old "S.S.Tacoma"; Pleasure and Commercial Boat Plans; Two 28-Foot Chris-Craft Patrol Boats Equipped for S.E. Alaska Waters - article with photos; and more. 52 pages. Generously illustrated with black and white reproductions of photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Numerous fantastic vintage ads. Unmarked with moderate wear. A well-preserved copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 160pp. A comprehensive guide to the art and sport of sailing covering sailboats, rigging and equipment. It explains the principles of wind and tides and gives basic information on deck seamanship and sailing techniques. Well illustrated. Scarce in the UK.
The chronological lives and work of >130 people who influenced ship design and shipbuilding world wide. 240 pages. Index. Well illustrated. Black cloth covers with silver title on spine. Would have been a fine copy without the small brown stain on page edges. Dust jacket very good with slight shelfwear.
184p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
Features/Photos: Prince Philip Portrait; The Bloodhound - famous racing yacht purchased by the Queen; East Berlin escape tunnel; For the first time a floodgate opens on the Kariba Dam; Neolithic longbows of 4500 years ago found in the Somersetshire Peat; Television to the Pilot's aid; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Quality copy. Magazine
52 pages. Features: Many nice ads for naval suppliers including Babcock Marine Boilers, J. Samuel White & Company Ltd., J. Stone, Westland's, and more; Photo of H.M.S. Surprise acting as Royal Yacht at Spithead; Excellent full-page photo of the H.M.S. Vanguard, seen from the U.S. cruiser Baltimore, during the fly-past; Photos of foreign warships and aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm; Wonderful full-page colour ad for Kensitas cigarettes; Nice full-page colour ad for Daimler automobiles; Two excellent photos of Russia's latest cruiser Sverdlov - the first Russian warship to visit British waters for many years; Photos and cutaway drawings of Britain's only battleship now in commission and a typical ocean minesweeper; Amazing two-page aerial photo of warships congregated at Spithead; Massive 4-panel centerfold measuring 39"x14" illustrates the entire British navy of today in a single panarama!; Many additional photos. Average wear. Unmarked. Centerfold and next page loose but present, otherwise a sound copy. Book
Extensive coverage of the Transvaal (Boer) War. Cover illustration of The Battle of Magersfontein. Photos of: Squad of the Essex Artillery Volunteers, Detachment of the London Scottish Volunteers, Machine-Gun Detachment of the 22nd Middlesex Rifle Volunteers, the new Royal Yacht "Victoria and Albert", Prominent officers on active service, Scenes on the Western Line of Communicationsl, The Camp of the Grahamstown 1st City Volunteers, at Cradock, Lord Curzon's visit to Lucknow, A Group of Irish Nurses bound for South Africa, Scenes at De Aar. Illustrations include: "With the Kimberley Relief Column, The Burial of General Wauchope and Lieutenant-Colonel Goff, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders on the field of Magersfontein, The City of London Volunteers for South Africa, How Long Tom's Shell Disturbed the Middies' Sucking-Pig, Bursting of the Shell that Passed through the Royal Hotel, Ladysmith, and killed Dr. Stark, Rimington's Tigers, on the Mooi River, Manning the breastwork at Naauwpoort Camp, Arundel Camp, Bluejackets Saving Their Gun (Centerfold), Lovely full-page Lifebuoy Soap Advertisement. Moisture exposure at edges has resulted in light staining and waviness. Average wear. Binding intact. Book
36 pages. Features: Photos of the memorial services for the "Thetis" victims; Photos of Axis Activities - "Volunteers" return from Spain - Italy's Navy Day - Kondor Legion goose-steps past Hitler; Maps of the strenuous Royal Tour; Cross-section illustration and photos of their Majesties' "Royal Yacht" for their return to England in the "Empress of Britain"; Great photos of unusulally-placed bird nests; Amazing illustrations of the feet of various Australian animals; Colour photos of pageantry at the Aldershot Tattoo; Photos of the Royal Tour through the Rockies from Banff to the Pacific; Five photos of the Royals in British Columbia; Photos of the Royals returning eastward across Canada to Niagara; The King and Queen in Washington - photos; The Royals in New York City; Classy two-color ad for Wills's Gold Flake cigarettes; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. First three pages loose but present. Pages 1127-28 and 1131-32 and any pages after 1134 are not included. Despite its deficiencies, still a worthy copy. Magazine
Fine/VG (dj not clipped, book and dj both fine condition, save for faint sunning to spine) octavo 237pp. Autobiography, and the extraordinary tale of the dramatic rescue of Tony Bullimore on 9 January 1997 from his capsized yacht in the Southern Ocean. Maps to endpapers and colour photographs.
317 p., illus. Paperback Very good condition Story of the mysterious mid-Atlantic disappearance of Crowhurst in 1969.
Near fine/Vg (undamaged clipped dj with light handling marks to white back cover, front cover clean and bright, clean beige boards with brown lettering on white cloth backstrip, a very crisp bright copy with contents in fine condition, one small stain front free endpaper and speckling outside page edges) octavo 224pp. First edition first printing. One of America's best-known yachting writers tells stories on himself and his life afloat.
167p., illus. Paperback Very good condition
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 220 pages. Full blue cloth boards. 8 3/8"w x 11 1/4"h. Map endpapers. Tears on dust jacket.
209 p. incl. front., illus. 15 cm. Hardcover Very good condition
186 p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
Germania: Yachts of the house of Krupp. Text in German. This book describes the life and passion for sailing of the Krupps family. Blue cloth covers with white title on spine and front cover. In slipcase with photograph on the front.
136 pages. Features: Building a Model Sailing Yacht - Part II; The Spaulding Wooden Boat Center; The Somes Sound 12 1/2; VIVA; A New Bronze Pulpit; Encounters of the Texas 200; One-off Wood-and-Canvas Construction; and more. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. A worthy reference copy. Book
