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Life and Art of Edwin Booth
Hardcover. New York: Macmillan & Co, 1893, first trade edition. The cover is soiled and scuffed, front cover is somewhat faded. Tips and spine ends are chipped and scuffed. In general, the boards are in fair to good condition. The book is tight-bound and clean, dusty deckled edges. An excellent.....
The Arts of the Sailor
Hardcover. London, Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1953, first edition. A very scarce, clean, tight, small 8vo, 234pp. Jacket is in a very nice plasticine cover, but the spine of the dj has a hand-printed label that says "Canvas, Rope & Wire Work" on the top 2" of the spine, covering.....
Australian Animals and Birds
Sydney, Australia: Angus & Robertson, Ltd., 1962. First edition. Hardcover. Vintage collectible children's book. Clean, tight 8vo, 64pp. Slight shelf wear with tiny chips across part of the edges on Dust jacket. Small bookseller's plate on bottom front pastedown. Small, neat gift inscription on verso of the ffe. A delightful.....
Boat Joinery & Cabinetmaking Simplified
Softcover. Camden, Maine, International Marine Publishers, 1993, later printing. Clean, tight 4to, 289pp. Mild shelf wear, a couple of small, pencilled notations on the verso of the bfe. Bingham's classic encyclopedia of boat joinery and cabinet making techniques, tools, gadgets, and gimmicks will interest everyone from a professional yacht/boat builder.....
John Singleton Copley in America
New York: Metropolitan Museum Of Art, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. Clean, tight folio, 347pp. Dust jacket shows slight opacity, but not tears or chips. John Singelton (1738-1815) was the portraitist of the colonial era before he left Boston for England in 1774. He depicted merchant princes, clergymen, and military officers.....
Desirable and Undesirable Characteristics of the Offshore Yachts (A Nautical quarterly book)
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1987. Later printing. Hardcover. Clean, tight 8vo, 310pp. A comprehensive, authoritative manual about today's cruising boats and their equipment. Cruising yacht design, rigging and sails, construction and cockpit layouts, hull designs, interior and hardware.
Big Book of Sailing
New York: Barron's, 1984. Later printing. Hardcover. Very large folio, clean and tight, 309pp. Very slight shelf wear to jacket, gift inscription on verso of the ffe. Beautifully, liberally illustrated book containing reflections on the sea by Joseph Conrad and Hans Domizlaff. History of sailing and yachts, offshore racing, America's.....
Our Recent Actors in Two Volumes
Hardcover. London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, Ltd., 1888, first edition. Two 8vo, total of 598pp. Cloth covers are worn and soiled, scuffed at the tails, heads, and tips. Books are tight-bound and clean with rough cut pages. Price is for set and takes into account the condition. Being.....