1912Sm. 4to., Second Edition, with a coloured frontispiece (original captioned tissue guard present), 50 monochrome illustrations and a full-page map in the text, contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; original coarse-grained blue cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt back, case a little shaken (but binding entirely sound) else a good, clean copy. The first of two 'Vivette' cruising titles, this work was first issued in 1910.

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IRVING LaurenceMareMagnum

Windmills and Waterways. The Log of a Summer Cruise through Holland. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY

19278vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, very numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text and endpaper maps, free endpapers lightly browned; decorative cloth blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt back, uncut, covers very lightly dust-soiled else a very good, tight copy. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON HALF-TITLE. With a relevant cutting loosely inserted.

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HANSON H.J.MareMagnum

Ianthe Cruises. Ushant - Gironde. [French West Coast]. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

19508vo., First Edition, with numerous plates, plans and charts in the text; small neat signature on front free endpaper, green cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly browned at backstrip and with minor loss at upper edge of rear panel. Ianthe is a 7-ton gaff cutter. Includes full sailing directions. VERY SCARCE IN ANYTHING LIKE THIS CONDITION.

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FAIRHOLME E.MareMagnum

A Dinghy on the London River. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

19378vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, plates and endpaper maps; blue cloth, gilt back, backstrip very lightly sunned else a very good, bright, clean copy. EXTREMELY SCARCE.

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RUMBOLD C.E.A.L.MareMagnum

Yacht Cruising on Inland Waterways from the Baltic to the Mediterranean.

19358vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with a frontispiece, plates and illustrations in the text; terra cotta cloth, gilt back, red top, covers very lightly dust-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION

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ATKINS JeremyMareMagnum

A Hundred Years of Sailing at Oxford University. The Centenary History of the Oxford University Boat Club 1884-1984 NEAR FINE COPY

1984Sm. 4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, a near fine copy.

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ELLIS DonMareMagnum

Medway Yacht Club. The First Hundred Years 1880-1980 NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

1979Sm. Folio, First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, numerous photographs in the text and endpaper charts; grey cloth, upper board blocked with burgee in red, backstrip lettered in red, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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NORIE'S YACHT LIST.MareMagnum

Norie's Yacht List (late Hunt's Universal Yacht List) for 1934. SCARCE PRE-WWII EDITION

1934Oblong 8vo., First Edition, with 231 burgees illustrated in colour; navy cloth, upper board lettered in gilt, red sprinkled edges, covers marked, creased and faded (but all lettering wholly legible), expertly recased, a sound, clean copy. With numerous trade advertisements (many illustrated) at front and rear. ALL EARLY ISSUES OF THIS 'YACHTSMAN'S BIBLE' ARE EXTREMELY SCARCE.

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CRUISING ASSOCIATION.MareMagnum

The Cruising Association Handbook 1928. Compiled by H.J. Hanson THE 1928 HANDBOOK

19288vo., First Edition, with numerous charts (a number folding; a few with with frayed edges); red cloth, upper board lettered in gilt and blocked with burgee in colours, gilt back, red sprinkled edges, covers moderately marked and faded, a well-used but firm, clean copy.

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FAIRLEY GordonMareMagnum

Minute by Minute. The Story of the Royal Yachting Association (1875-1982). FINE COPY

19838vo., First Edition; pictorial wrappers, a fine copy.

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FOLKARD Henry ColemanMareMagnum

The Sailing Boat. A Treatise on Sailing Boats and Small Yachts, their Varieties of Type, Sails, Rig. With Instructions in Sailing and Management. Also The One-Design and Restricted Classes, Fishing and Shooting Boats, Sailing Chariots and Ice Yachts. Fifth Edition. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE FIFTH EDITION

1901Roy. 4to., Fifth Edition, with many numerous photographs and illustrations throughout; original blue buckram, upper board blocked and lettered in gilt, bevelled edges, gilt top, black endpapers, expertly recased, a very good, bright, clean copy. With personal armorial bookplate on front paste-down. Crisp copy of a standard reference, first published in 1854 and severally revised and updated.

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SINCLAIR W.E.MareMagnum

The Cruise of the Quartette. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

19378vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates, and 3 maps in the text, title very lightly browned; green cloth, backstrip lettered in black, green top, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped, lightly age-soiled dustwrapper, the latter mildly browned at backstrip. Sequel to 'Cruises of the Joan'. Here the author sails a Brixham-built Ramsgate trawler to Africa and South America. SCARCE.

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CRUISING ASSOCIATION.MareMagnum

The Cruising Association Library Catalogue. A Collection of Books for Seamen and Students of Nautical Literature, Atlases and Charts. Compiled by HerbeRt J. Hanson. [Third Edition]. BRIGHT CLEAN COPY: THIRD EDITION WITH ADDENDA

19548vo., Third Edition, with full-page illustrations in the text; burgundy cloth, upper board blocked in colours and lettered in gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy. The Addenda for Jan-June 1954, and Jan 1988-Jan 1989 are loosely inserted. A valuable resource for maritime literature, though this third edition is abbreviated to authors, titles and dates.

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CRUISING ASSOCIATION.MareMagnum

The Cruising Association Year Book 1913 [with] Supplement 1914. Supplement compiled by H.J. Hanson. THE GREAT WAR ISSUE

19132 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with charts in the text; original series binding of burgundy cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, radial corners, one backstrip lightly faded else very good, bright, clean copies. With personal bookplate on front paste-downs. 'This Year Book is issued only to Members of the Cruising Association who are requested not to circulate it'. VERY SCARCE AS A SET.

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ROYAL CORINTHIAN YACHT CLUB.MareMagnum

A Book of the Constitution, Rules, Sailing Regulations and House Rules. Together with a List of the Members and their Yachts, corrected to March 1939. LAST PRE-WWII ISSUE

19393 works in 1 vol., 8vo., First Edition thus, with coloured frontispiece (original tissue guard present) and plates; original blue cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in gilt, covers lightly age-marked else a very good, bright, clean copy. The List of Officers, Members, Yachts and Club Trophies 1939 [with] Sailing Programme Tide Table 1939 are printed as separate wire-stitched booklets and included with the main volume. EXTREMELY SCARCE.

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MARTIN E.G.MareMagnum

Lonsdale Library Volume XV. Cruising and Ocean Racing. GOOD, CLEAN COPY

19418vo., with frontispiece, plates and illustrated endpapers; original series binding of brown buckram, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, top and fore-edge darkened, hinges cracked (but binding entirely sound), a good, bright, clean copy. Lonsdale Library Vol. XV. First published in 1933.

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MCMULLEN R.T.MareMagnum

Down Channel. Third Edition. With Introduction by Dixon Kemp. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF A YACHTING CLASSIC

19038vo., Third Edition, with portrait frontispiece, engraved title-vignette, 11 plates and plans, 3 maps and several smaller illustrations in the text, 3 folding maps (2 coloured in outline) and 2 folding plans; original purple cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, patterned endpapers, a remarkably well-preserved, bright, clean, crisp copy in wholly unrestored publisher's binding. Elegant copy of a yachting classic first published in 1891. Includes details of voyages in LEO, SIRIUS, ORION, PROCYON and PERSEUS. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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COLES K. AdlardMareMagnum

Creeks and Harbours of the Solent. [Seventh Edition.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

19634to., Seventh Edition, with numerous photographs and maps throughout, and endpaper maps; green cloth, backstrip letterded in silver, a very good,bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter rubbed at backstrip.

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MILLER, K.M.MareMagnum

Lonsdale Library Volume XIX. Motor Cruising. [With Contributions by] H.P. Allen, Sir Charles Allom, J.R. Barnett, George Corderoy [and many others]. NEAR FINE COPY

19478vo., with frontispiece, plates, numerous illustrations and diagrams in the text and pictorial endpapers; original series binding of brown cloth boards, upper board lettered in gilt, brown buckram back blocked and lettered in gilt, brown top, a near fine copy.

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CARR Frank G.G.MareMagnum

The Yacht Master's Guide and Coaster's Companion. With a Foreword by Captain W. Ellery. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION

19408vo., First Edition, with numerous folding charts and plans on japon, diagrams in the text and detachable section in pocket at rear; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy in worn and repaired dustwrapper. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IS SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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JOHNSON PeterMareMagnum

Ocean Racing and Offshore Yachts. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

19708vo., First Edition, with numerous plates, maps and diagrams throughout; blue cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, ochre top, mustard endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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HISCOCK Eric C.MareMagnum

Let's Go Cruising. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

19468vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, and photographs and maps in the text, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in red, backstrip faded else a very good, clean copy.

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COLES K. AdlardMareMagnum

Sailing and Cruising [for the small Boat Owner]. [Second Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

19498vo., Second Edition, with coloured frontispiece, numerous plates in monochrome and illustrations in the text, somew faint offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; pale blue cloth, backstrip lettered in darker blue, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A bright copy of a scarce Batsford, first published in 1937. The wonderful Brian Cook wrap-around dustwrapper is arguably his finest of a non-topographical subject. EXTREMELY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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VILLERS CLAUDE CLERES CHRISTIANMareMagnum