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152 pages. Features: DYON - the symbol of summer for four generations; Albert Strange and the Canoe Yawl SHEILA; Quick Steps for Spring Painting - Part II; Building the Belles of the Western Rivers - a rare glimpse into the world of steamboat construction; Trout Unlimited - The Compleat Fly Fisherman; PILGRIM'S Progress - Dennis Holland's new Baltimore Clipper; Bagging the GULL - Constant Camber goes Mono - Part I; The Careful Creation of MELE KAI - Part II - the completion of a lovely double-ended cruising boat. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
196 pages. A great reference loaded with beautiful colour photography and maps. Unmarked. Would be graded as 'Good' except that the lower edge of this copy has moisture exposure. Some pages were stuck together but have been separated with no damage to text. No odour. A very worthy reading copy. Book
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates, and 3 maps in the text, title very lightly browned; green cloth, backstrip lettered in black, green top, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped, lightly age-soiled dustwrapper, the latter mildly browned at backstrip. Sequel to 'Cruises of the Joan'. Here the author sails a Brixham-built Ramsgate trawler to Africa and South America. SCARCE.
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with charts in the text; original series binding of burgundy cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, radial corners, one backstrip lightly faded else very good, bright, clean copies. With personal bookplate on front paste-downs. 'This Year Book is issued only to Members of the Cruising Association who are requested not to circulate it'. VERY SCARCE AS A SET.
209 p. incl. front., illus. 15 cm. Hardcover Very good condition
Pages 1221-1252. Many great black and white photos. Features: Erling Tambs and the "Teddy" (continued); The Queen Mary's Engines - article, photos and nice colour illustration of the vessel at sea; Fifty Years in Sail - Vivid extracts from the log of the late Captain J.W. Holmes; Troops and Trooping - the work of troopships during the war of 1914-18 solved problems that had never before arisen on so large a scale; Yacht Cruising - amateurs may now set about yacht cruising in an economical and seamanlike manner; Battle of the Nile - the engagement in Aboukir Bay between Nelson and Napoleon on August 1, 1798. Moderate wear. Store stamp on front cover otherwise unmarked. Three-hole punched. A sound copy. Magazine
Pages 1381-1412. Many great black and white photos. Features: Captain Fryatt and the "Brussels" in the War of 1914-1918 (continued); Australia's Oldest Steamship - The "Edina"; The United States Navy; Luxury Cruising - The Arandora Star of the Blue Star Line; Sailing Ships in Collision - off Newcastle, New South Wales, April 1902 - photos with captions; By-Passing Niagara - the new Welland Canal; Youth at the Helm - William Albert Robinson sailed round the world from New York between June 1928 and November 1931 in a ketch only 32 feet 6 inches long. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Three-hole punched. A sound copy. Book
Articles: Lieutenant William Peel, British Naval Intelligence, and the Oregon Crisis; Emergency Fleet Corporation Ship Construction in World War I in the Pacific Northwest; Cruising the Labrador, or LORAN in 1941-42 - A Memoir; a letter re: George Vancouver; plus several book reviews. Unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
214 pages. Index. Bibliography. Map endpapers. Many great colour photos of the region. Signed by author upon title page. "Written for everyone who loves the rugged beauty of the coast of Vancouver Island." - from dust jacket. Gift greetings atop title page. Average wear. Binding sound. Moisture-induced undulations to lower corner of back 50 pages. A sound working copy of this popular guide. Book
8vo., Third Edition, with portrait frontispiece, engraved title-vignette, 11 plates and plans, 3 maps and several smaller illustrations in the text, 3 folding maps (2 coloured in outline) and 2 folding plans; original purple cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, patterned endpapers, a remarkably well-preserved, bright, clean, crisp copy in wholly unrestored publisher's binding. Elegant copy of a yachting classic first published in 1891. Includes details of voyages in LEO, SIRIUS, ORION, PROCYON and PERSEUS. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
3 works in 1 vol., 8vo., First Edition thus, with coloured frontispiece (original tissue guard present) and plates; original blue cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in gilt, covers lightly age-marked else a very good, bright, clean copy. The List of Officers, Members, Yachts and Club Trophies 1939 [with] Sailing Programme Tide Table 1939 are printed as separate wire-stitched booklets and included with the main volume. EXTREMELY SCARCE.
64 pages. Features: Cover photo of Bridal Lake; B.C.'s Natural History; To Pack River for Grayling - Harry Lomax; Outdoorsman's Observations - W.P. Keller; B.C. Wildlife Park; Don't Fear the Tick - J.D. Gregson; Around B.C. - Yukon with Rod and Gun; C.F.A. News and Views; Landmarks of HIstory - Cariboo Gold Quartz Mine; Coastal Cruising; Frank Rothenfluh - Pioneer of the Foothills; Adventure in Rocks - Ron Purvis; Upper Fraser Sternwheel Days - Part Six; and more. Interesting ads include: Lucky Lager Beer (inside front cover); McCulloch boat motors; Dueck Truck Sales; C-I-L Ammunition; Pil'Can Brewing Ltd. of Prince George; Psychadelic full-page ad for CJOR 600 radio; Vanguard Trailers of Richmond, B.C.; Fogg Motors Ltd.; Brno Guns; Lindquist Bros. Bait Co.; International Pickup Trucks (inside back cover); Colour ad for Carling Black Label beer on back cover. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Book
191 pages. Index. "...Offers charts, tips and data that will enhance any boater's enjoyment." - from back cover. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Minimal library markings. A worthy working copy. Book
Features: Cruising across the Arctic Ocean; Mapping the North - Who Was Really Where When?; The Last Resort - Cannibalism in the Arctic; Plying the Northwest Passage - The First Single-Season Traverse by Yacht; Plants of the Arctic Tundra; Capturing the North - The Work of Claire Fejes. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Oblong 8vo., First Edition, with 231 burgees illustrated in colour; navy cloth, upper board lettered in gilt, red sprinkled edges, covers marked, creased and faded (but all lettering wholly legible), expertly recased, a sound, clean copy. With numerous trade advertisements (many illustrated) at front and rear. ALL EARLY ISSUES OF THIS 'YACHTSMAN'S BIBLE' ARE EXTREMELY SCARCE.
Features: Class A Yachts get good grades in SORC; Dorothy Crossley's Virgin Island Interlude - a life of cruising; A day of hard winter sailing; Swedish Mistress - a liberated gal; Yankee 30 - for MORC or offshore competition; Ericson's Dramatic look matched by high performance features; Allied's new 30-footer - a good chance to win; Schock's Santana 37 features expansive rig; Thunderbird; FUN is pretty, fast, seaworthy - and was built in a basement; Bolero on Satin; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Magazine
Features: Two -Ton Test - who's the best at IOP 32?; They call it the greatest spectacle in yacht racing - from Newport Harbor, California to Ensenada, Mexico; Under iron canopies through pastures on an inland passage to teh lakes; Victoria Yachtscape - another Balboa?; Alden's MALABAR IV lives! - she's MISTRESS II of New Orleans; Innovative monocoque 1/4 tonner, a cruiser too - Art Paine and TWO BITS; English Archer type is connoisseur's cruising yacht - Charles Ward, builder of the Saga 34; Frers turns to cruising with attractive 40-footer - the Frers 40; Farallon 29 - stiff family cruiser, competent to weather; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
Features: Autumn on the Chesapeake; Last Dance off Steel Shore (Chicago); Cape 25 is small cruiser with good looks; Luxurious Challenger 48 is large cruising sailer; The Triton - glass success of the fifites; A Portfolio... by Denis Mason; Schooners at play in race sponsored by Ida Lewis Yacht Club, Newport, Rhode Island; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Magazine
Features: Profile of a surprise winner - Golden Dazy; Bluenose II sails inside America; Yes, Virginia - we know your sailors love your water; Meet the Tsar - from Performance Sailcraft who brought us the Laser; Four Schooners - COASTER, LEAH, BRIGADOON OF BOOTH BAY, FAIR WEATHER; Don't miss Young Island's voluptuous tropical growth, jump-up nightlife; Vega 8-ton - Crealock ocean traveller; Paquet - 55'6" McCurdy & Rhodes ketch; HELENA - 38-foot cruising sloop; Frers 46 - Alloy 10R sloop; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
Features: Suddenly I wanted to go sailing - G.A. (Andy) Marken; Kialoa III; AMERICA Lives! (colour centerfold!); Little Yacht for blue water and big fun - the 20 foot Able; Swampfire - American level racer and 3/4 ton winner; Rating is no handicap for Wylie's impressive NO GO-7; Stylish Palmer Johnson cruiser 43CR built by Wauquiez; Miller & Whitworth design GINKGO type for glass production; Twin Screw Nicholson 70 designed for plush cruising; Bonjour Tahiti - Hobie sailors race in paradise - world competition at Baie de Matavai; Javelin - a class close-up; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
Features: European Breezes - photos of sailing in Europe; Frost-biters bite the bullet - and like it; Rainbow; Bolger refines sharpie for cruising and amateur building - BLACKGAUNTLET II; Brawny Quarter tonner has unique cabin layout - the Yankee 26; Small cruiser designed for the home builder - the 30-foot sloop designed by David Fernie of Richmond, British Columbia; Compact Pearson 10M has big boat dimensions - The Pearson 10M; Richards Racer by Cheoy Lee has unique accomodations - the Offshore 39; Photos of competition on San Francisco Bay; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
Features: The Mac - Chicago to Mackinac Island Race; Blue Horizon; Diavolo; Blitzen; American Eagle; Dora; Comanche; Endurance; Bay Bea; Goblin; Jenny Too; Talisman; Pearson Entry a stand-out in year of the 30-footer; The Compleat Cruiser - Allied's Mistress 39; Nicholson 55 made to varied cruising and racing tastes; Sirensong - an exquisite new fiberglass racer; Two by Tripp; The Ensenada Parade - Beauty on the Water; 5.05 Meters of super planing sailboat - the 5-0-5; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Magazine
Features: Under sail to Isla Mujeres - an Experience; Regata de los Amigos; Race Around Isla Mujeres; Interlude on Isla Mujeres; Chuting through the Georgia Straits; Thrilling sail to Jamaica; Young Men at Sea; Double-ended Cement Ketch designed for home builder; Handsome Scandinavian Sloop well Equipped - Mistral; Old Favorite Revived - Cruising Quoddy Pilot - the Pinky sloop; Rosa with Six Sails; Albacore - Class Close-up; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Magazine
Features: Sea Hawk - profile of a cruising man's yacht - from navy launch to stately schooner; Dutchman in flight; William Crealock designs distant voyager - Westsail 42; Palmer Johnson SF 47, flush deck racer by Frans Maas; On Bonaire (off Venezuela) - like being at sea; 5-0-5 acrobatics; afternoon on the Indian River, Florida; Sally has a knockdown; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Magazine
Features: Florida sailor designs 19-foot coastwise, gaff-rigged cruiser - the Salt 19; Seidelmann designed Palmer 550 enrolls in Quarter Ton Fleet; Traditional cruising design finds speed, responsiveness with new rig - the enlarged version of the SERAFFYN; Aesthetics and comfort remembered in the Norlin 37 Mark II; Great gaffed mains, barn door rudders and plump hulls; Sailing for winter sports enthusiasts; in search of Spain - pictures and story by Dorothy I. Crossley; A ton of heavy racing; One by One - one last old Conway schooner survives to carry a fragment of the sail driven 19th century toward the last quarter of the 20th; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Please note: middle page loose but present. Book
