Yachting
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Yacht Racing Association Of Long Island Sound, Inc Year Book 1965-66
by Yacht Racing Association Of Long Island Sound
Yachting Books & Ephemera
Cruising In British and Irish Waters. What to Do and See, Afloat and Ashore
by Watney, John
Newton Abbot: David and Charles. 1983. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 256 pages. A guide to sailing the cruising grounds of Britain and Ireland. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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£9.52
Yachting - A History
by Peter Heaton
Batsford, London, 1955. Hardcover. Good/Good. Size: 8"-9" Tall. Minor wear to jacket edges. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Ships & the Sea; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 37634. .
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£15.87
Constitution, By-laws, Sailing Regulations, etc. of the Warwick Yacht Club of Providence, R.I.
Providence: J.A. and R.A. Reid, printers, 1876. 15.2 cm., pp. 41, [1]; double-page color lithograph plate of club flags and private pennants; original blue cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover; some childish scribble in pencil on a few pages (mostly erased), otherwise a very good copy. Contains lists of officers, members and yachts, plus An Act to Incorporate the Warwick Yacht Club dated March 1, 1876. Apparantly the first "annual" of the Warwick Yacht Club. Not found in OCLC.
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£116.37
Wind and Sailing Boats The structure and behavior of the wind as it affects sailing craft
by Watts, Alan
Newton Abbot: David & Charles. 1973. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm].. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Diagrams and maps. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 224 pages. . Reprint. Hardback.
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£10.58
Successful Yacht Racing
by C. Stanley Ogilvy
Peter Davies, 1952. Hardcover. Acceptable/Good. 1952. First Edition. 192 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Pictorial dust jacket over brown cloth. Ex-library copy, with expected inserts and inscriptions. Jacket has been laminated to boards. Contains black and white plates throughout. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Thumb-marking present. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Binding remains firm. Boards are presumed clean as jacket is taped down. Unclipped jacket has moderate...
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£7.21
Beyond the West Horizon
by Hiscock, Eric C
London: Oxford University Press. 1971. Octavo Size [approx 14x22cm]. Very Good condition in Good Dustjacket. DJ has some minor edgewear & is now protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. Previous owner's details to preliminary pages. Illustrated with Colour photographs and Black and White drawings/diagrams. 203 pages. . Reprint. Hardback.
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£9.52
Beken of Cowes: A Century of Tall Ships
by Beken, Kenneth J
Harrap, London, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. foreword, an introduction by His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, a list of ships. Endpapers illustrated with line drawings of ships. Black and white frontispiece. Text is illustrated with coloured and black and white photography. Beige cover with gilt writing on spine. Photographic dustwrapper, protected, with black coloured titles to the front panel and a white coloured titles to the back strip. Three generations...
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£26.48
Yachting: A History
by Heaton, Peter
London, England: B T Batsford Limited, 1955. Book. Good. Hardcover with Original Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover with green boards, dustjacket missing, first edition, 736gms, 280 pages. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear and mild page discolouration throughout. Boards only show minor scuffing and wear. There is a small pen mark on the inside front page and some minor sticky tape markings, otherwise no other pre-loved markings..
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£10.58
This Cruising Life: A Collection of Amusing Stories from the Popular Yachting Monthly Column (World of Cruising) (SIGNED COPY)
by Libby Purves
Adlard Coles Nautical, 2001. First Edition. Softcover. As New. Signed by Author. author's inscription to pre-titles page reads: "Happy Sailing Jule! Libby Purves". Libby Purves, well-known author and broadcaster puts her finger right on the nub of what makes cruising so enjoyable, so amusing and so exasperating in her popular column in Yachtinq Monthly. Here, by popular request, she has gathered together the best of those pieces in a highly entertaining collection. With great gusto and...
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£8.00
SUCCESSFUL YACHT RACING
by C. Stanley Ogilvy
New York: W. W. Norton and Co., 1951. First edition, as stated. Hardcover. Very Good. 6 x 9 in. Cloth boards. Condition is VERY GOOD ; minor shelf wear, covers have some faint spots. Binding tight and text unmarked. Naut. Stax.
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£12.14
The Log of the Olivia, by William A. Power, a Victorian Yachtsman
by William A. Power
Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd, Richmond, Surrey, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/original clear plastic cover. Illustrator: William A. Power. introduction by Graham Laird explaining that little is known about the Irish yachtsman William Power other than the information contained in the handwritten & drawing-illustrated logs of his voyages in the 25-ton cutter "Olivia" recounting her cruises from Ireland in 1859 - 1867 to Bergen; Orkney; Shetland; San...
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£10.00
Yachting: A History
by HEATON, Peter
London: B.T. Batsford, 1955. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Illustrated from black and white photographs, line drawings. Corners bumped, near fine in a very good age-toned dustwrapper with short tears on edges,
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£28.33
Yachting: A History
by Peter Heaton
Batsford, 1958. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st edition 1955. Firmly bound & has been very carefully read. Some light dust spotting to the pages edges but inside the pages are clean & free from foxing. The original unclipped jacket is also in VG condition with a little sunning to the spine & a few spots of foxing but no tears or loss. Illustrated in b/w with photos, artwork & diagrams.
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£12.50
Collection of 3 Royal Yachting Association Year Books 1960, 1962 & 1969/70
5-2. Good with no dust jacket. Hardcover.
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£19.99
Winning : The Boat The Crew and The Race
by Oakeley, John D.A
London: Nautical Publishing Company. 1971. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Near Fine copy in Near Fine dustjacket. DJ now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 209 pages. . 2nd Impression. Hardback.
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£10.58
Ocean Warriors: The Thrilling Story of the 2001/2002 Volvo Ocean Race Round the World
by Mundle, Rob
Sydney, Australia: Harper Collins Publishers, 2002. Book. Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Softcover, first edition, 510gms, 223 pages. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear. Front cover shows some curling to bottom corner. There is a small pencil mark on the inside front page, otherwise no other pre-loved markings..
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£7.94
ON YACHTS AND YACHT HANDLING
by Day, Thomas Fleming
The Rudder Publishing Company, 1901. First Edition. hard cover. Good/No jacket. New York; The Rudder Publishing Company, 1901. First Edition. 191pp + 9pp adverts. Hardcover, no dj. Illustrated with b/w photographs. Good condition. Blue cloth boards very shelfworn with a bit of fraying at extremities. Owner names penned to verso of frontis. Otherwise very clean internally and securely bound. All you needed to know about yachting at the turn of the 20th century. (cfm)
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£40.48
Yachting: A History
by Peter Heaton
B. T. Batsford Ltd., 1955. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1955. First Published. 280 pages. Illustrative jacket over blue cloth. Contains black and white illustrations and plates throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has...
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£4.15
THE YACHT "AMERICA"
by Thompson, Winfield; Stephens, William; Swan, William
Charles E. Lauriat Co, 1925. Limited edition. hard cover. Very Good. http://www.parnassusbooks.com/image/data/books/2018/06/0_dsc06195.jpg. Signed by authors. Boston: Charles E. Lauriat Co. 1925. Limited Edition. Signed by all three authors. xxii+335pp. Hardcover in slipcase. Deckled fore-edge. Top edge gilt. "This Large Paper issue, on imported Normandy Vellum paper, with extra plates and with frontispiece in colors, is limited to three hundred and seventy-five copies, of which three hundred and...
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£101.19
Pleasure Yachts of the Thousand Islands
by Gilbart Mercier
1981 softcover as pictured. A wonderful collection of photographs of pleasure boats belonging to the rich and famous and moored in the Thousand Island region of New York. Each photo is accompanied by a short history. Also includes pictures of notable persons and a section on various engines found in the yachts. This copy is ex-library and well worn externally but remains very readable. Binding is intact. Covers are rubbed and scuffed with curling corners. Text appears clean and unmarked. No dust jacket....
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£19.43
Yachting: A history
by Heaton, Peter
B. T. Batsford, 1955T. hardcover. Very Good. 2.9977 in x 21.9833 in x 15.7880 in. B. T. Batsford LTD 1955 first edition, Pages clean and bright, binding firm, minor shelf wear to dust jacket, price clipped.
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£9.75
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The Block Island "double-ender" [drop title]
by Nicholson, Paul C
[Providence]: Reprinted from the Rhode Island Historical Collections, October, 1923. 8vo, pp. 7, [1]; 2 plates showing 6 illustrations; original printed wrappers; bound with: the entire issue of the Rhode Island Historical Society Collections, Vol. XVI, No. 4, for Oct. 1923, pp. 97-128; 3 plates showing 9 illustrations; original printed wrappers. Together in a single volume of three-quarter green morocco over green marbled boards, gilt lettering direct on spine; spine sunned, else near fine. Laid in is...
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£162.91
Ocean Warriors : The Thrilling Story of the 2001/2002 Volvo Ocean Race Round the World
by Rob Mundle
HarperCollins Canada, Limited, 2003. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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£5.28
Yachting; a History
by Heaton, Peter (1919-)
Batsford, London, 1955. First Edition. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge nicked dw. Slightest suggestion f finger wear to the dw spine headband; 280 pages; Description: 280 p. Illus. 23 cm. Illustrated with 109 photo plates, line drawings and explanatory figures and tables. Subject: Yachting--History. Yachts--History. Notes: Includes appendix and index
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£20.40
Deep Sea Sailing
by Erroll Bruce
Hutchinson, UK, 1973. Reprint. Hardcover. Good/Good. Hardcover. 248 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Hutchinson, UK, 1973. Reprint. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in good condition and comes in good dust jacket. More specifically: Boards have no wear, rubbing or soiling. Edges of dust jacket have light bumping and minor chipping. . Edges of pages are moderately soiled. Water stain along bottom edge of dust jacket. Front free end page has been removed. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Ships...
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£11.11
