Notes on Yachts First Series

by Edwin Brett

$250 · Offered by Back Creek Books

First edition

London: Sampson Low, Son, and Marston, 1869. First Edition. Frontispiece engraving. Half leather over cloth boards. Duodecimo. 131 pages. Provides good information on design ideas leading into the 1870s, particularly regarding the efficiency of various hull shapes and of sails. Includes no information on construction methods, and recommends The Yacht

• Binding: Leather

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