Club, Brooklyn YachtBiblio.com
983 résultats
réf. 1334191875.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1882VG (half leather, dark blue boards with dark blue leather spine and corners, gilt lettering and gilt bandfs on spine, leather rubbed edges of corners and spine, clean orange endpapers neatly reinforced at hinges with tape, a very good clean tight copy with no foxing) large octavo 960pp. Bound volume of issues May 1882 to October 1882. Articles, stories, poems, engravings, b/w illustrations throughout. Covers wide range of topics including illustrated articles on the evolution of the American yacht and steam yachting in America.
1985157p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
1985Folio 157p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
1985Folio 157p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
501 p., illus. Hardcover Good condition; spine worn
réf. 0260532800.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
réf. 0266050042.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
19138vo., First Edition, with frontispiece (original tissue guard present), numerous photographs, illustrations and diagrams in the text, and 22 folding plates, free endpapers lightly spotted; navy cloth, gilt back, small pull at headband, lower joint mildly rubbed else a very good, bright, clean, fresh copy. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
1930480p. Hardcover Very good condition
1854Full title: THE CRUISE OF THE STEAM YACHT NORTH STAR; A Narrative of the Excursion of Mr. Vanderbilt's Party to England, Russia, Denmark, France, Spain, Italy, Malta, Turkey Madeira, Etc. pp. 353, (20) [Publisher's Ads. Engraved and woodcut illustrations. Foxed and age & damp stained. 12 mo. 200 mm. Original blue cloth binding, lightened from water exposure. Hardbound. The Steam Yacht "North Star" was the flagship of the New York Yacht Club. It was owned and sailed by Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794-1877), an American industrialist and philanthropist who built his wealth in shipping and railroads. He was also the patriarch of the Vanderbilt family and one of the richest Americans in history. TRAV 1
1945206 p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition chipped
1945206 p., illus.w Hardcover Good condition tattered
1969107p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
1969107p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition
1981224 p. Anecdotes of yachting experiences. Hardcover Very good condition good
1981Near fine/Vg (undamaged clipped dj with light handling marks to white back cover, front cover clean and bright, clean beige boards with brown lettering on white cloth backstrip, a very crisp bright copy with contents in fine condition, one small stain front free endpaper and speckling outside page edges) octavo 224pp. First edition first printing. One of America's best-known yachting writers tells stories on himself and his life afloat.
1976191 p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
1986Oblong folio 160p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
1986Very slight foxing to upper edges of end papers. No other marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, small mark to top of page edges and no bumping to corners. Clear gilt embossed lettering to front and to spine. 160pp. Presented on quality art paper, this is the story of the early days of the America's Cup challenge illustrated with a series of full-page watercolours which well capture the essence of the races.
1994Features: Cruising across the Arctic Ocean; Mapping the North - Who Was Really Where When?; The Last Resort - Cannibalism in the Arctic; Plying the Northwest Passage - The First Single-Season Traverse by Yacht; Plants of the Arctic Tundra; Capturing the North - The Work of Claire Fejes. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
1979304p., illus. Hardcover Good condition good
1975réf. 375750New York: The New York Yacht Club 1975. First Edition. Illustrated throughout. 622pp. 2 vols. Small 4to. Original red cloth stamped with the Club seal fine in matching slipcase. First Edition. Illustrated throughout. 622pp. 2 vols. Small 4to. The New York Yacht Club hardcover
1952Pages 161-200. Features: Coup D'Etat in Egypt leaves army in control; The Adbication of King Farouk - Final scenes in Alexandria; The passing of Eva Peron of Argentina - article with nice photo; Large photo of Democrat presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson; Personalities of the week include Lord Goschen who passed away on August 24th; The Queen visits the Windsor Horse Show and the Hospital for Sick Children; The Post-War World as viewed by James V. Forrestal; Map of the Queen's Coronation processional route through London; Remarkable photos of the Swiss attempt on Everest; Article on Civil defence with photos of the Auxiliary Fire Service at Folkestone; Amazing photo of the Ring Dance performed by the women of the Caiapo Indians of the Xingu River in the depths of Brazil's Mato Grosso; Two pages of incredible photos of facial art of the Caiapo mean and women; Excellent centerfold photo of a guided rocket (missile) a moment after launch from Aberporth, Cardiganshire; The all-aluminum 60-ft. motor yacht Tonquin; New Excavations in the Islands of Lipari and Panarea; The problematic Chiru; Royal and official occasions captured by the camera; Two fantastic pages of photos of track and field winners during week one at the Helsinki Olympics XV; Amazing photo of members of the Hamilton Air Force base 84th fighter interceptor squadron more than 70 of whom are on the sturdy wings of a U.S. Northrop Scorpion F-89; Damage caused by the biggest California earthquake since 1906; Melbourne flooding; Large crowd attends mass for Eva Peron; Nice ad for Jaguar cars; Nice photo-ad for Land Rover "Britain's most versatile vehicle"; and more. Centerfold loose but present. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
1951Pages 273 - 312. Features: Lovely colour ad for the De Havilland Comet used by British Overseas Airways Corporation shows plane in flight; Photos of avalanche terror in the Alps - engulfed villages; Great two-page photo of the start of the famous Tasman Ocean Yacht Race; Wow - two illustrated pages describe the Alberta tar sands "containing four times the rest of the world's known oil reserves"; Photos of personalities of the week, including Spain's first ambassador to Britain since 1946, Don Miguel Primo de Rivera, and his wife; Two pages of photos of the marriage of the Shah of Iran (Persia) to his new Empress, formerly Miss Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari; Photo-illustrated article on the Life of John Maynard Keynes; The Gold Coast's first steps in democracy - election photos; Two pages of photos of U.N. troops in winter war action in central Korea; Centerfold photo of incredible devastation caused by the Mount Lamington eruption; Mice demonstrate road safety in Glasgow!; Photo of huge B 36 Bomber; Restoration of St. George's Hall, King's Lynn - believed to be England's largest medieval guildhall; photos of new French and British weapons; Photos illustrated how bulky files of newspapers are transfered to tiny rolls of microfilm; Amazing photos of lying squirrels in flight; Swedish ballets; Nice colour ad for Imperial Leather toilet powder inside back cover; Nice colour ad for Jacob & Co's Cream Crackers on back cover; and more. Cover holding by one staple. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
