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(manhasset) . MANHASSET BAY YACHT CLUB 1969
Manhasset 1969. 8vo., 104pp., photo illus. Members listed. Good. (a10164)
$25.00 (United States Power Squadrons) . SEAMANSHIP COURSE INSTRUCTOR'S FOLDER
n.p. (Washington ?) 1964. 4to., not paginated (about 100 leaves), wraps. Detailed technical instructions. Good. (a36283)
$29.00 (yachting) . THE CRUISER A QUARTERLY MAGAZINE OF CRUISING TALES AND ADVENTURES VOLUME II
NY 1907 Rudder Publishing. Includes: A Cruise on the West Coast by Arthur F. Evans; A Summer Cruise in Florida by J. Foster Searles; Log of the Sloop Yacht Isolt by Capt. W. E. Meyer; Little Cruises of Onkahye by Winfield M. Thompson; Cruise of the Galatea by Norman Howard and several others. 8vo., 400pp., photo illustrations, black cloth. VG, new end papers. (a53834)
$100.00 Bell, Helen G . WINNING THE KING'S CUP
NY 1928 1st Putnam. An account of the Elena's Race to Spain 1928. Sm.4to., 135pp., several foldout charts and plans, photo illus., index. Good, a bit worn and stained. (a9392)
$35.00 Bloomster, Edgar L. . SAILING AND SMALL CRAFT DOWN THE AGES
Annapolis 1940 U.S. Naval Institute. 4to., 280pp., illustrations, hardcover. Owner bookplate. Near Fine. (a7404)
$35.00 Chapelle, Howard . HISTORY OF AMERICAN SAILING SHIPS
NY 1935 3rd Norton. Sm.4to., 400pp., illustrations, index, hardcover, Owner bookplate. Good, some spotting on fore-edges, tape marks on blank end pages, no DJ. (a7442)
$22.00 Coles, L. Adlard (editor) . THE YACHTSMEN'S ANNUAL 1948-1949
London 1949. 4to., 176pp., illus., index, ads. Good, some wear, a few pages at end slightly stained at top corner. (a24550)
$35.00 Cooper, Morley . CRUISING TO FLORIDA VIA THE INTRACOASTRAL WATERWAY
NY 1946 Whittlesey. 8vo., 201pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. Good, light wear, no DJ. (a10536)
$20.00 Denham, H.M. . THE AEGEAN A SEA-GUIDE TO ITS COASTS AND ISLANDS
London 1970 New Enlarged Edition. Lg.8vo., 247pp., illus., boards. Fine in Good DJ, a few chips on spine, (a43647)
$30.00 Doubleday, Russell . A YEAR IN A YAWL, A TRUE TALE OF THE ADVENTURES OF FOUR BOYS IN A THIRTY-FOOT YAWL
NY 1914 1st Doubleday. A 7000 mile cruise down the Mississippi and up the Atlantic.Hardcover. Octavo, 365pp., photo illustrations, original illustrated grey cloth. Good plus, very light staining on initial blank and on half title, light wear. (a70990)
$44.00 Freeman, Lewis R. . IN THE TRACKS OF THE TRADES
NY 1921 Dodd, Mead. Large octavo, 380pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. VG. (a65844)
$30.00 Green, Captain Alfred J. . JOTTING FROM A CRUISE
Seattle 1947 Second Printing. Large octavo, 451pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. Promotional brochure laind in. VG in Good DJ, some chips and wear. (a65843)
$27.00 Knights, Captain Arthur E. . NOTES BY THE WAY IN A SAILOR'S LIFE
San Francisco 1905 Robertson. Nineteenth century Pacific Ocean/ California maritime. 12mo., 61pp., hardcover. Signed presentation copy from author. VG plus. (a41663)
$66.00 Laporte, Laurent . SAILING ON THE NILE
Boston 1872 1st Roberts Bros. Translated from the French by Viginia Vaughan.Sm.8vo., 291pp., original hardcover. Good, new end papers. (a4681)
$49.00 Loveless, Norman . MODERN MOTOR BOATS AND YACHTS
London 1951 Temple. Boys' Power and Speed Library. 8vo., 88pp., color drawing as frontis, photo illustrations, hardcover. Owner signed. Good, no DJ. (a11276)
$20.00 Newell, George H. . CHIPS FROM OUR LOG OR GLIMPSES OF LIFE ABOARD THE YACHT 'RIPPLE'
Rochester 1887. R. H. Dennis. Private printing. 8vo., 52pp., a few small drawings. Good plus, light wear. Rare. (a29841)
$250.00 Petersen, Marjorie . STORNAWAY EAST AND WEST: A YACHTING ADVENTURE ACROSS THE ATLANTIC AND THROUGH THE MEDITERANEAN
Princeton 1966 Van Nostrand. Hardcover. From the wild and placid Atlantic to sunny shores and ancient cultures of the Mediterranean, a yachting adventure that brings you the love of the sea by a dedicated couple to delight the wanderlust of sailors and travelers alik. Sm4to., 189pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. VG in Good DJ. (a7493)
$23.00 Rigg, J. Linton . ALLURING ANTILLES A CRUISING GUIDE TO THE WEST INDIES
Princeton 1963 1st Van Nostrand. Sm.4to, 267pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. Owner signed/ VG, fore-edges spotted, no DJ. (a11630)
$25.00 Rigg, J. Linton . BAHAMA ISLANDS
Princeton 1959 Van Nostrand. 4to., 197pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a67746)
$25.00 Schoettle, Edwin J. . SAILING CRAFT; MOSTLY DESCRIPTIVE OF SMALLER PLEASURE SAIL BOATS OF THE DAY
NY 1928 1st Macmillan. Hardcover. 4to., 786pp., photo illustrations, original gilt printed cloth. Owner inscription on front free blank. Good plus, some soiling on cover and spine, no DJ. Scarce First Edition. (a80828)
$110.00 Sleightholme, J. D. . POCKET CRUISERS A NEW APPROACH
London 1963 1st Adlard Coles.Octavo, 239pp., photo illustrations, index, hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a24774)
$25.00 Slocum, Joshua . AROUND THE WORLD IN THE SLOOP SPRAY, DESCRIBING CAPTAIN SLOCUM'S VOYAGE ALONE AROUND THE WORLD
NY 1914 Scribners. This is an abridgment of Slocum's Sailing Alone Around the World. Octavo, 215pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. VG, light browning of spine. (a70327)
$35.00 Stoddard, Charles Augustus . CRUISING AMONG THE CARIBBEES SUMMER DAYS IN WINTER MONTHS
NY 1903 Scribners. 8vo., photo illustrations, cloth. Ex-library. Good. (a13370a)
$20.00 Underhill, Harold A. . DEEP-WATER SAIL
Glasgow 1955 Brown, Son and Ferguson. Hardcover. 4to., 302pp., 100 plates, many foldout, 100 photo illustrations, green cloth with gilt spine lettering. VG plus, no DJ. (a77224)
$34.00 Yachting . REGATTA YACHT AMERICA
Colored lithograph of Yacht America, by F. Michelin and George E. Leefe, 180 Fulton Street New York. Published by William Vanderbeek, No. 479 Broadway. 12 inches wide by 10 inches high, framed under glass. VG, a bit of foxing. (a21601)
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