[Rarebooks] fs: Cruises, Mainly in the Bay of the Chesapeake

[Back Creek Books]

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We are pleased to offer:
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(No. 7280 )  Barrie, Robert and George Barrie, Jr. (Introduction by Alfred 
L. Loomis). CRUISES, MAINLY IN THE BAY OF THE CHESAPEAKE.
Bryn Mawr: Franklin Press, [1956]. Third edition, Full cloth, Octavo, [xvi], 
276 pages + 2 pages ads., Black & white photographs. Very Good in a Worn 
Dust Jacket, Jacket in Mylar protector.
      A Chesapeake Bay classic. The first book to draw significant attention 
to the Bay as ideally suited for pleasure boating. The Barrie brothers were 
members of the Corinthian Yacht Club in Philadelphia, and made their first 
cruise the Bay in 1897 by way of the C&D Canal. The reign of the skipjack 
among Chesapeake Bay workboats had begun, and there were numerous other 
workboats plying the Bay's waters as well. But there were very few pleasure 
boats. George Barrie later recalled that "Yachts in those days were almost 
as scarce as hen's teeth." (in Burgess, "This was Chesapeake Bay.") How the 
tables have turned. The Barries' book is written in a superbly readable 
style and does not confine itself to scenes on the water. Includes many 
interesting vignettes of Annapolis, Oxford, St. Michael's, activity around 
the boatyards, etc. Illustrated with dozens of photographs depicting the 
native sailing craft as well as scenes in the sleepy shore towns and 
boatyards. One fold-out map of the Bay at rear. See HOWES #B-176; TOY #1023; 
PRATT, EASTERN SHORE #35; MORRIS & HOWLAND p. 11, etc. Bound in light blue 
cloth over boards with spine titled in black, black upper board vignette. 
Some minor extremity rubs, light browning to spine, mild foxing to top edge 
of textblock. Jacket has large chips to spine ends and lower edge of rear 
panel, smaller chips, closed tears, and wrinkles over all. A handsome copy 
of an uncommon and important Chesapeake item....... $200.00
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