[Badminton Library] Yachting.

£175 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

The first edition of the Badminton Library guide to yachting, with contributions from notable hobby-sailors including Lord Brassey, Sir George Leach, Vice-President of the Royal Yacht Racing Association, and the Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, Viceroy and Governor-General of India. Chapters covers ocean cruising, racing rules, the evolution of the modern racing yacht, yachting in America and New Zealand, and races including the America Cup. Illustrated with numerous photographic plates and in-text designs. First edition; 2 vols; 8vo (19.5 x 14.5 cm); numerous photographic plates and in-text illustrations, armorial bookplate to front pastedown of each vol., light spotting; publisher's brown illustrated cloth, minor wear to extremities, very good; xvi, 439, [1]; xvi, 456pp.

• Binding: Hardcover

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