Famous Yachts. by Hughes, John Scott

Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1928. Hardcover. Good. 1928. First Edition. 195 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Contains black and white photographic plates. Clean pages with moderate tanning and visible foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Name plate and pencil inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and heavy marking to boards. Heavy tanning to board edges. Notable water stains and droplets to boards.

London: Methuen, 1928. First UK. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Hardcover, no jacket. Very Good. Rebound in green, spine lettering gilt., new endpapers. WEar and bumjping to corners; wear to bottom board edges; some slanting to spine; some soiling to bottom edge of pages; short ink notation on ffep; pages browned; binding cracking in some places in text.

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1928. First edition. Leather. Fine. 8.5" by 6.5". Not Stated. A handsome first edition work regarding famous yachts through history, bound in smart half morocco by Maltbys. The uncommon first edition. Rebound in a handsome half morocco binding by Maltbys of Oxford. With a photograph frontispiece, and forty-seven monochrome plates, showcasing the different yachts. Collated complete. An interesting historical record of famous yachts throughout history, showcasing the early vessels, through to modern racing crafts, steam yachts and ocean voyaging. Yachts featuring include, 'Britannia', 'Ianara', and 'Amaryllis'. The half title page is present. With a bookplate for one, 'Peter M. Scott', to the front paste-down. In half morocco binding. Externally, excellent with minor shelf wear. Fading to the spine. Bookplate to the front paste-down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages very bright and clean with some scattered spots throughout. Fine