The yachts and yachtsmen of America ... being a history of yachting and of yacht clubs, as well as of the various yachts, with biographies of the founders and members of the different clubs of the United States and Canada
by Mott, Henry A
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New York: International Yacht Publishing Co, 1894. 2 volumes, large 4to, pp. [8], 366; [367]-692; 87 photogravure plates of yachts by Frederiksen, Bruce, Bolles, Stebbins, and Johnson, (numbered I - LXVIII, without plate LXI which was not published); plus 13 more photogravure plates of yacht clubs, 42 half-tone portrait plates of club officers, many more, smaller half-tone portraits in the text, and nearly 600 wood-engraved illustrations throughout, some quite large. This work can be found bound together in a single, very bulky volume, or bound in two separate volumes. Because of its massive size the one-volume configuration usually appears, when it appears at all, in a broken binding. Alternately, volume II of the two-volume set is often missing. This set is complete, and in excellent condition internally. Bound in the two-volume configuration, in heavy cream cloth stamped in blue with the distinctive yacht design on the front boards. Some soiling and staining to the covers, extremities worn, corners showing, some mild abrasion, back hinge of volume II is cracked but holding. A source book for American yachting up to the turn of the century. "Histories of individual American yacht clubs, drawings of important or typical yachts, photographs and brief biographies of American yachtsmen ... For each club data is provided on members, boats, regattas and rules." Chapters include Evolution of the Yacht, History of Yachting, Yachting in the United States, Speed Records of Sailing Yachts, Types of Yachts, Centerboards, The Rigs of Yachts, The Cost of Yachting and Yacht Decorations, Trophies, and the histories of approximately 45 American yacht clubs, including those on the St. Lawrence, the Great Lakes, inland lakes, and the west coast, and Canada. Toy 102; Morris & Howland, p. 97.
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- Title
- The yachts and yachtsmen of America ... being a history of yachting and of yacht clubs, as well as of the various yachts, with biographies of the founders and members of the different clubs of the United States and Canada
- Author
- Mott, Henry A
- Book Condition
- Used
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- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- International Yacht Publishing Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1894
- Keywords
- Sailing , Yacht Clubs , ,
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- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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