Aboard the Hussar [Washington, Alaska, etc.]: May 8-June 3, 1934. "Just a shooting trip in Alaska": Signed by... Read More about Manuscript diary of a yachting and bear-hunting trip to Alaska, inscribed at the head of the...
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np: Privately printed for the author, 1966. First edition. AN EARLY REPORT ON KIWI HERMIT TOM NEALE. Inscribed to Percy Chubb by the author, Parkinson has also signed his name to the title-page. The TLS dated, March 29, 1970 concerns sailing matters relating to his crossing of the Atlantic. Parkinson spent..... Read More about Yarns for Davy Jones
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[New York: 1937]. Published in Men Against the Rule. A Century of Progress in Yacht Design, 1937, at pp. 121, 127, 131. Poor was professor of astronomy and celestial mechanics at Columbia University, and author of works on astronomy and yachting. These three drawing are the only original illustrations for..... Read More about Original drawings for "Men Against the Rule": three comparative diagrams illustrating...
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London: Hunt & Co, [1884]. According to the preface, the story first appeared in a yachting magazine. The illustrations by C.A. Cox, neatly complement the story. Read More about Blow ye winds heigh o!
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N.p. [United States]: n.d. [1930s]. A rare memento from the presidency of Franklin D Roosevelt, this pillow sham was from the U.S.S. Potomac Presidential Yacht, which is now a National Historic Monument. Built in 1934, the 165-foot former Coast Guard cutter 'Electra' was converted to a U.S. Navy vessel in 1936..... Read More about Pillow Sham for the "U.S.S. Potomac Presidential Yacht"
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[Stockholm: 1930]. One of 2550 copies. Read More about Kungl. Svenska Segel Sällskapet 1830-1930
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New York: Privately printed by the Knickerbocker Press, 1904. First edition. Author's presentation copy. Stimson has inscribed the book on the front free endpaper in pencil. Two voyages are described here, the first in 1902 the second in 1904. The first voyage explored the northerly waters of the Mediterranean with stops..... Read More about The Cruise of the Fleur-de-Lys in the Mediterranean
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1925; 1930. The ‘Ara’ in Southern Waters, 1925 & 1930: Cruising, Deep Sea & Tarpon Fishing. A private family album documenting two of the tours of the celebrated yacht Ara, owned by William K. Vanderbilt II. Although Vanderbilt published numerous volumes recording his cruises, these voyages do not appear among..... Read More about Photograph album of yachting and deep-sea fishing cruises with manuscript titles:] Southern...
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Mt. Vernon NY: Privately printed by William Edwin Rudge, 1927. One of 500 specially bound copies of a total edition of 900. Beachcomber Bill’s copy. A fascinating account of this social and scientific expedition, and a monumental example of fine book production. William E. Belanske’s copy with two photographs aboard the..... Read More about To Galapagos on the Ara 1926: the events of a pleasure-cruise to the Galapagos Islands and a...
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London: Privately printed, 1897. First Edition. The Venetia was owned by Lord Ashburton. On board with him was Lady Ashburton, the Earl of Crawford, Walter Lindsay, Mrs and Mrs North and Dr Harrison. They were attended by a crew of 37. This lavish souvenir was produced by Zaehnsdorf. Read More about The Log of the Venetia on a voyage from Cowes to the East Indies
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Salem, Mass: Marine Research Society, 1932. Copy #9 of 97 copies. Read More about Sailing Days on the Penobscot: The River and Bay as They Were in the Old Days, with a Record of...
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Garden City: Doubleday, 1950. One of 300 signed by the author of a special edition. Read More about The Lipton Story
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New York: The Derrydale Press, 1933. First edition. Derrydale Yachting Log, "Extremely Rare"--Frazier. An extraordinarily difficult Derrydale to find Siegel believes the low survival rate is due primarily to "a high rate of water-damaged copies" and the fact that those used as diaries have not come onto the market. Read More about Yacht Racing Log. Foreword by Herbert L. Stone
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Ca. 1923-1940. An Archive Concerning Yachting Magazine. John C. Kennedy was successively treasurer, then president of Yachting, Inc., publishers of Yachting Magazine, and retained this archive after the magazine changed hands in the late 1930s. Included in this material are the corporate records of the Kelmo Corporation, into which Yachting..... Read More about An archive of materials belonging to John Clarke Kennedy concerning his involvement in Yachting,...
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written at sea, out of Bellport, Long Island: 1941-47. Connett's records, in pencil, of some 40 trips made along the eastern seaboard in his single-masted sloop, indicating dates, locations/destinations, weather, sailing conditions and events, and numerous remarks concerning happenings on board and on shore. Included are a small snapshot of..... Read More about Original Log Book of the White Swan, Connett's sloop, kept by him 1941-47
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New York: Privately printed at the Gilliss Press, 1924. First edition, one of 125 copies. Davis was a famous sportsman and author of "The Southside Sportsmen's Club of Long Island" [N.Y. 1909] See: Bruns D26. With ALS from Davis, offering this book to Mr. Thompson, laid in. Read More about Alice and I Go Down East Again
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New York: Privately printed at the Gilliss Press, Christmas, 1929. First edition, one of 35 copies. ONE of 35. Davis was a famous sportsman and author of "The Southside Sportsmen's Club of Long Island" [N.Y. l909] See: Bruns D26. Read More about How I Again went to Europe in 1929
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New York: Privately printed at the Gilliss Press, Christmas, 1931. First edition, one of 50 copies for private distribution. One of 50. Davis was a famous sportsman and author of "The Southside Sportsmen's Club of Long Island" [N.Y. l909] See: Bruns D26. Read More about How I went to Europe in 1931
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New York: [Privately printed at the Gilliss Press], Christmas,1935. First edition, one of 50 copies for private distribution. Rare, One of 50. Inscribed on the title page to C.S.H. (C. Sherman Hoyt). Davis was a famous sportsman and author of "The Southside Sportsmen's Club of Long Island" [N.Y. l909]... Read More about How I went to Europe in 1934
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New York: Thomas R. Knox & Co, 1885. First edition. Read More about The Cruise of the Montauk to Bermuda, the West Indies and Florida
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New York: Derrydale Press, [1937]. First edition, no 385 of 950 copies. Read More about Men Against the Rule. A Century of Progress in Yacht Design
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1887. Early Corinthian Yacht Club Memorabilia. Read More about Corinthian Yacht Club Grand Amateur Minstrel
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Boston: Copyrighted and Printed by M.J. Kiley, 7 Spring Lane, 1889. First edition. Illustratewd with great advertisemenst inluding the Unexcelled Fireworks Co. of NY & St. Louis; The Private Club Champagne by Felix Jacquin , Espernay France; Shipman's Automatic Steam Engines; Cycloram of Custer's Last Battle; Yacht Guns by Hartley..... Read More about The Yachtsman's Annual Guide and Nautical Calender 1889
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