The Printer's Copy, America's Cup, BR Desiderata
Log of the Columbia. Season of 1899.
Cambridge, MA: Printed for the Author by H. O. Houghton and Company [designed by Bruce Rogers], [September, 29] 1900.
Price: $1,250.00
About the item
One of fifty copies privately-printed for Leeds, this being a Printer's Sample Copy. Printed in black and red. Photogravure plate of the Columbia, printed in India paper. [6], 5-61, [1]pp., plus blanks in front and rear ruled in red. Edges uncut. 1 vols. Large 8vo. The Printer's Copy, America's Cup, BR Desiderata. Publisher's black cloth with inlaid paper label on the upper cover. Provenance: Henry Oscar Houghton (signature on endpaper dated 1900). BR #49.
Item #353958
"This is a private history of the events as they occurred during the yachting season of 1899 in connection with the America Cup races between the Columbia and the Shamrock; together with a record of personal attendance on board, an account of the daily work done in preparation for the Cup races, and a description of all the races, with conclusions therefrom" (Preface).
