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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 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 Herreshoff, L. Francis . CAPT. NAT HERRESHOFF THE WIZARD OF BRISTOL THE LIFE AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF NATHANAEL GREENE HERRESHOFF, TOGETHER WITH AN ACCOUNT OF SOME OF THE YACHTS HE DESIGNED
NY 1953 1st Sheridan. Hardcover. Octavo, 349pp., photo illustrations, cloth. VG, no DJ. (a77700)
$29.00 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 Stokes, Anson Phelps . CRUISING IN THE WEST INDIES, &
NY 1902 1st Dodd Mead. Yachting in the West Indies. Hardcover. Small octavo, 126pp., large foldout map, white cloth. Bookplate of William John Matheson. VG, light wear, cover foxed. (a71817)
$30.00 Foster, Charles H. W. . THE EASTERN YACHT CLUB DITTY BOX 1870 - 1900
Norwood 1932 1st Privately Printed by Plimpton Press. 4to., 317pp., photo illustrations of yachts, original hardcover. Near Fine, no DJ. (a70074)
$35.00 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 Stephens, W. P. . SEAWANHAKA CORINTHIAN YACHT CLUB ORIGINS AND EARLY HISTORY 1871-1896.
New York 1963. Club of the Roosevelts, Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York. History of this Yacht club is continued in the book by John Parkinson, Jr. Sm.4to., 286pp., photo illustrations, index, white cloth hardcover with blue lettering. Near Fine, two light spots on spine, in VG Box. (a65546)
$100.00 Kay. H. F. . THE SCIENCE OF YACHTS, WIND AND WATER
Tuckahoe 1971. 4to., 270pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. Owner inscribed on front free blank. VG in VG DJ. (a59482)
$30.00 (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 (yachting) . YACHT RACING ASSOCIATION OF LONG ISLAND SOUND, INC. YEAR BOOK 1971-72
NY 1971. 12mo., 110pp., illustrations, stiff wraps. Good, wraps soiled. (a53760)
$35.00 (yachts) . CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS OF THE LARCHMONT YACHT CLUB
Larchmont 1981. 12mo., 30pp., wraps. VG. (a53709)
$25.00 (yacht clubs) . BAYHEAD BUBBLES OF 1933
1933. An entertainment arranged and staged by Carl Hemmer for the Bay Head Yacht Club, August 1933, at the West Point Pleasant High School. 8vo., about 45pp., wraps. Many advertisements, 6 page Social Directory listing about one hundred members of New Jersey and New York high society and their addresses. Good plus, light cover soiling. (a53535)
$39.00 Howard, Henry . CHARTING MY LIFE
Boston 1948 Merrymount. Lg.8vo., 398pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. VG, cover lightly soiled and sunned, no DJ. (a53163)
$35.00 (yachting) . YACHT RACING ASSOCIATION OF LONG ISLAND SOUND, INC. YEARBOOK 1969-70
NY 1969. Sm.8vo., 147pp., photo illustrations, wraps. VG, light soiling. (a52640)
$40.00 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 Osborn, William R. (builder) . CATALOGUE AND PRICE LIST OF BOATS BUILT BY WILLIAM R. OSBORN
Croton on Hudson n.d. (c.1905). 8vo., 50pp., photo illustrations, diagrams, ads, wraps. Good, leaves a bit wrinkled, light wear on spine, light soiling. Unusual and scarce. (a50711)
$95.00 (yachting) . NORTH AMERICAN YACHT RACING UNION (NAYRU) YEARBOOK 1955
NY 1955. 12mo., 120pp., stiff wraps. VG. (a50689)
$28.00 (yachting) . NORTH AMERICAN YACHT RACING UNION (NAYRU) YEARBOOK 1963
NY 1963. 12mo., 225pp., stiff wraps. VG. (a50544)
$28.00 Dawson, Bernie . LANGOSTA
1956. Appears to be the original handwritten (neatly printed in ink on unlined paper) account of cruise to the Bahamas taken by author and his wife Veronica and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Brown of Rochester, New York, on sea-going ketch: Langosta. 4to., 26 leaves (rectos only) bound in plastic spiralbound folder. VG, some light staining on cover and margins of a few pages. (a49935)
$235.00 (yacht) . UNITED STATES YACHT RACING UNION YEARBOOK 1975
NY 1975. Small octavo, 196pp., a few illustrations, wraps. VG. (a45954)
$25.00 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 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 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 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)
$125.00 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 (manhasset) . MANHASSET BAY YACHT CLUB 1969
Manhasset 1969. 8vo., 104pp., photo illus. Members listed. Good. (a10164)
$25.00 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 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)
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