American Yachting
by [YACHTING]. STEPHENS, W.P
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Palm Springs, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, The Macmillan Company, 1902.. First edition (so stated). Thick 8vo. Illustrated. Full gilt stamped contemporary dark green morocco by Stikeman, t.e.g., others uncut, the spine with gilt stamped horse head, fish and sporting dog devices (small chip head of spine), else fine. Heraldic bookplate of M.C.D. Borden on the front pastedown. 380 pages. Includes chapters on Record of American Cup Matches; a chapter on The New York Yacht Club; steam yachting in America. Number 20 of 100 copies on large paper. The American Sportsman Library. Printed by the Norwood Press, Norwood, Massachusetts.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine.
Details
- Bookseller
- Houle Rare Books & Autographs (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 306792
- Title
- American Yachting
- Author
- [YACHTING]. STEPHENS, W.P
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York, The Macmillan Company, 1902.
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- Morocco
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- Gilt
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- Bookplate
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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