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Charles E. Lauriat Company. Collectible - Acceptable. Collectible - Acceptable. No Dust Jacket Pages loose. Reading copy only. Limited edition. (Yacht America, Yacht Racing, History)
THE YACHT AMERICA by Thompson, Winfield M., Stephens, William P., Swan, William U - 1925
by Thompson, Winfield M., Stephens, William P., Swan, William U
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THE YACHT AMERICA
by Thompson, Winfield M., Stephens, William P., Swan, William U
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Charles E. Lauriat Co, 1925. First Edition. hard cover. Very Good/No jacket. Boston: Charles E. Lauriat Co. 1925. Harcover, no jacket. First Edition. xviii+335pp. Top edge gilt with map-decorated endpapers. Illustrated in b/w. VG condition. Blue boards lightly rubbed, lightly bumped, and lightly faded. Gilt titling and decoration to spine still strong. Some dust spotting to foredge. Small bookseller mark to ffep and light foxing to front endpapers only. Internally clean and unfoxed, square and tight. Fold out yacht plans at rear are fine. The story of yacht after which the America's Cup is named. (cfm)
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- Publisher Charles E. Lauriat Co
- Date Published 1925
- Keywords AMERICA'S CUP. YACHTING, YACHT AMERICA,
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The Yacht America: Together with Material from Contemporary Records [Limited Edition]
by Thompson, Winfield M. ; Stephens, William and William U. Swan
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The Yacht America
by Thompson, Winfield M and William P Stephens; Illustrated (Illustrator)
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London, UK: Martin Hopkinson & Co., Ltd., 1925. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo 7.75 - 9.75'' tall. Hardcover. Book Condition: Good. Jacket Condition: Good. Martin Hopkinson & Co., Ltd., London, UK 1925. 335 pages. Moderate general wear. Foxing on title page. Jacket has edge wear, short tears, missing chips, waterstaining. Size: 8vo 7.75 - 9.75'' tall. Nautical::Racing 6412 6412
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The Yacht "America"; Together With Material From Contemporary Records
by Winfield M. Thompson; William P. Stevens; William U. Swan
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Boston: Charles E. Lauriat, 1925. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Hardcover in navy blue cloth with spine lettered in gilt and with image of the Americas Cup. Map endpapers of the Isle of Wight and the ships route around it; xviii+ 335 pp. with index; folding plate at rear. Numerous photographic and vintage image reproduction plates. Generally fine. No jacket. The story of the famous 19th century yacht "America". She was commissioned by a group pf prominent members of the New York Yacht Club including Commodore John Cox Stevens, cost $30,000 to bulld (aproximately $1.1 million in today's dollars) and launched May 3, 1851. Captained by Richard Brown, the "America" sailed for Europe in June to enter in the first America's Cup race which was then a 53-mile race around England's Isle of Wight, a race watched by Queen Victoria. The "America" won the race by 18 minutes. The "America" changed owners several times (the first time being within a mere 10 days of her victory; at one point, she…
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The Yacht ""America"" Together with Material from Contemporary Records
by Winfield M Thompson, William P. Stephens, and William Swan
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1. SIGNED by author William Swan. Charles E. Lauriat Co., Boston. 1925 on title page. Printed at the Colonial Press, C.H. Simonds Co. Near Fine. No dj. Slightest edgewear to covers, no fraying. Clean, bright and tight. Map endpapers. 335 pages, including appendix and index, followed with a fold-out plan. Dark blue cloth with bright gilt letters to spine. Top edge gilt. Printed tissue cover over frontis. 50+ listed illustrations.
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