[Rarebooks] fs: Smith. Sailing Vessels of the Chesapeake (Gillmer's Copy)

[Back Creek Books]

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We are pleased to offer:
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(No. 7488 )  Smith, Melbourne (Introduction by Robert H. Burgess). SAILING 
VESSELS OF THE CHESAPEAKE: NINE ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHED PRINTS FROM THE 
INTERNATIONAL HISTORICAL WATERCRAFT COLLECTION BY MELBOURNE SMITH, VOLUME 
NUMBER ONE (SIGNED).
Annapolis: Admiralty Publishing House, Ltd., (1973). Stiff card covers, 
Oblong folio, [iv], 9 plates, Color lithographs. Good.
      Naval architect Thomas C. Gillmer's copy, INSCRIBED and SIGNED to him 
by Smith. This fine collection of prints gives credence to the description 
of the Chesapeake Bay as the 'cradle of American naval architecture.' Here 
are the Virginia pilot boat "Swift," the Baltimore clipper "Experiment," the 
log canoe "Margaret P. Hall," the bugeye "Lizzie J. Cox," the beloved 
skipjack "Geneva May," and others. Melbourne Smith's paintings are known for 
their historic and structural accuracy based on extensive research and 
experience, and also for their fine artistic quality. The nine 16" x 12" 
prints are reproduced to the highest standards on quality paper. They are 
interleaved with protective tissue guards printed with descriptive text. 
Nice association to Gillmer. Bound in stiff paper covers with cloth 
reinforced spine. Front cover shows some minor edge wear and a bit of fading 
along fore and bottom edge. Interior has some faint scattered foxing....... 
$175.00
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