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Yacht Travel:

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 Vanderbilt, W. K. . ACROSS THE ATLANTIC WITH 'ARA', SUMMER OF 1924 (SIGNED)
NY 1925 1st Brentano. Yacht travel to Casablanca, Messina, Venice, Naples, Rabat, Fes and Marrakech. Hardcover. Octavo, 147pp., monochrome photo illustrations, 3 maps, cloth. **Signed presentation copy to Ellen Sturgis from Vanderbilt. VG, some light cover wear and spotting. Binding very secure and text clean. no DJ. (a43484)
$300.00 McGinnis, E. L'H. . THE YARN OF THE "YAMPA" A TRANSATLANTIC CRUISE
NY 1898 1st Outing Publishing. Yacht cruise to Russia from New York. Sm.8vo., 160pp., photo illustrations, decorated boards. Bookplate of Seawanhaka Yacht Club. Good, some rubbing and a long scratch on rear board. (a50730)
$95.00 (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 Croffut, W. A. Ph.D. . FOLKS NEXT DOOR THE LOG BOOK OF A RAMBLER
Washington c. 1905 3rd Eastside Publishing Co. Yachting adventures in the Northeast and in Maine; Fishing in Cape Cod, Quoddy Island, Newfoundland, Labrador, Quebec, Panama Canal, Mexico. Small octavo, 371pp., illustrations, original red cloth hardcover. VG, light cover wear, one leaf has light wear in the margin. Scarce. (a65990)
$120.00 Brassey, Lady . A VOYAGE IN THE YACHT SUNBEAM OUR HOME ON THE OCEAN FOR ELEVEN MONTHS
New York 1891 1st thus Holt. Hardcover. Octavo, 479pp., illustrations chiefly after drawings by the Hon. A Bingham, foldout map, gilt printed brown cloth. Bookplate and two name stamps all of F. H. Langworthy. One newspaper article tipped in on front end paper about Earl Brassey's death. VG, light fraying of spine ends. (a76420)
$95.00 Mitchell, Carleton . ISLANDS TO WINDWARD CRUISING THE CARIBBEES
NY 1948 1st Van Nostrand. Yachting tour of Caribbean. Several helpful appendices with piloting tips, etc. 4to., 287pp., monochrome and color photo illustrations, index, hardcover Owner signed. VG, spine faded, no DJ. (a79236)
$20.00 Plummer, Henry M. . THE BOY, ME AND THE CAT CRUISE OF THE MASCOT 1912-1913
Ryee 1980 3rd Cyrus Chandler Company. Yacht cruise down Atlantic coast. Hardcover, Octavo, 142pp., map, photo illustrations, text drawgins, blue cloth. Fine. like new. No jacket. (a79926)
$38.00 Forstmann, Julius George . WORLD CRUISE OF THE MOTOR YACHT ORION NOVEMBER 5TH 1929 - JUNE 11TH 1930
NY 1930 first edition Wililam Edwin Rudge. Hardcover. Octavo., 244pp., photo illustrations, color end paper maps. Top edge gilt. Near VG, light cover soiling, spine lettering beginning to fade and spine rubbed. In original VG box. (a84231)
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