[Rarebooks] FS: Yearning for yachting

[Clare Murphy]

A rowboat will do...just take me away from 3 degrees Boston.

1.  BEVERLY YACHT CLUB 1930 (MARION MA).: Beverly Yacht Club, (1930). 
Illustrated by color plates depicting weather flags, cap ornaments 
etc. First edition. Grey cloth with red, white and blue lettering and 
design to front board. 4.5" x 6". [117 pgs] Very good. Cloth is 
lightly soiled. Contents are clean and sound. With a list of members 
reading like Who's Who Boston.  $275.00

2.  BLANCHARD, FESSENDEN. S.  BLOCK ISLAND TO NANTUCKET. Prnceton, 
NJ: D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc., 1961. Illustrated by 34 
black-and-white plates. First edition. Small 4to. [253 pgs] 
Fine/Fine. Narragansett and Buzzards Bay, Block Island, Vineyard and 
Nantucket Sounds; Their Harbors, Yacht Clubs & History. Has 
attractive bookplate of previous owner.  $50.00

3.  BLUNT, EDMUND. M.  AMERICAN COAST PILOT : CONTAINING DIRECTIONS 
FOR THE PRINCIPAL HARBORS, CAPES, AND HEADLANDS, ON THE COASTS OF 
NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA: DESCRIBING THE SOUNDINGS, BEARINGS OF THE 
LIGHTHOUSES AND BEACONS FROM THE ROCKS, SHOALS, LEDGES, ETC. WITH THE 
PREVAILING WINDS, SETTING OF THE CURRENTS, ETC. AND THE LATITUDES AND 
LONGITUDES OF THE PRINCIPAL HARBORS AND CAPES; TOGETHER WITH A TIDE 
TABLE, THE. New York: E. & G. W. Blunt, 1837. Illustrated by eighteen 
plates of charts and maps, most of which fold-out. Includes two pages 
of publisher's advertisements. Thirteenth, Improved edition. Original 
full calf with red leather label. Signed by Lawrence W. Dunham, Jr. 
8vo. [727 pgs] Fine. Copy #1. The binding is fine, as are the pates. 
No foxing. Contents complete, clean and tight. Campbell lists 13 
library holdings. Campbell p. 110<BR> <A 
HREF='http://www.oldbooks.com/images/90781.jpg'>   <BR>.  $750.00

4.  BOWEN, FRANK. C.  SEA, ITS HISTORY AND ROMANCE, THE. London: B. 
F. Stevens and Brown, (1924-26). Illustrated by hundreds of plates 
and maps, many in color. First edition. 4 volumes. Blue silk moire 
with gilt borders and lettering, design of sixteenth century frigate 
in gilt graces each front board. 4to. Fine. A gorgeous copy of this 
important maritime history. Covers the entire English history to 
date. Based on the fine collection of paintings at the National 
Maritime Museum at Greenwich. Albion pg. 26.  $425.00

5.  CHAPELLE, HOWARD. IRVING.  BALTIMORE CLIPPER, THE. Salem, MA: 
Marine research Society, 1930. Illustrated by 35 plates and 49 plans. 
First edition. one of 950 copies. Brown cloth posing as leather. 4to. 
[192 pgs] Fine/Very good. This type of ship, was first built during 
the American revolution. It was later used for piracy, slave 
transportaion, privateering and in the War of 1812. An impressive 
example of fine bookmaking. Howes C 288.  $280.00

6.  CROWNINSHIELD, FRANCIS. B.  STORY OF GEORGE CROWNINSHIELD'S 
YACHT,  CLEOPATRA'S BARGE,  ON A VOYAGE OF PLEASURE TO THE WESTERN 
ISLANDS AND THE MEDITERRANEAN 1816-1817, THE. Boston: D. B. Updike at 
the Merrymount Press, 1913. Illustrated by many beautiful plates, 
some folding. First edition. Ltd. to 500 copies. Highly decorated red 
cloth gilt, t.e.g. End papers designed by W. A. Dwiggins. Original 
glassine dust jacket . 4to. [259 pgs] As New. Tells the fascinating 
tale of the first American vessel to be built solely as a sea-going 
pleasure yacht and its owner, George Crowninshield Jr., a millionaire 
eccentric.  Written by George's nephew who sailed the schooner " 
Cleopatra's Barge II".  Very scarce.  $280.00

7.  KNOX, J. ARMOY.  LOG OF THE YACHT CHAMPLAIN, THE. New York: 
National Literary Bureau, 1888. Illustrated by Thos. Worth. First 
edition. Wrappers. 8vo. [128 pgs] Very good. "J. Armoy Knox, the 
author, had the yacht Champlain built, and accompanied by 
"Adirondack" Murray, sailed on her from Lake Champlain through the 
Richeliew river into the Saint Lawrence, down to the Saguenay; 
thence out into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, around Nova Scotia, and 
to New York via Boston." compiled from weekly letters that were 
published in several newspapers, with added illustrations. Original 
plain brown paper wrapper, stained on front, staples rusting through. 
Light damp stain to margin of contents.  Otherwise tight and clean. 
$135.00

8.  MILLET, SAMUEL.  WHALING VOYAGE IN THE BARK "WILLIS" 1849-1850. 
THE JOURNAL KEPT BY SAMUEL MILLET, A. Boston, MA: Privately Printed, 
1924. Illustrated by 8 plates. Limited edition. 4to. [46 pgs] Fine. 
Limited edition of 50 copies only, this is # 4.  Green marbled paper 
covered boards, with a black spine. all edges un-trimmed.   Hand-made 
italian paper. Some foxing to ffep only.  Extremely bright and sound 
copy of this special edition.  $950.00

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