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  • Blue cloth spine binding of A Manual of Yacht and Boat Sailing by Dixon Kemp, 7th edition published in London in 1891 by Horace Cox with gilt lettering.
  • Fold-out architectural sail plan Plate XLIX featuring Itchen sailing punts and boats from Dixon Kemp’s 1891 edition of A Manual of Yacht and Boat Sailing.
  • Fold-out hull lines diagram Plate XVI showing architectural yacht alterations for RUBY as altered 1891 from Dixon Kemp’s 7th edition sailing book.
  • Multi-panel fold-out architectural schematic Plate LXXV depicting steel steam yacht Maid of Honour in Dixon Kemp's 1891 expanded 7th edition.
  • Open pages showing historical anchor design diagrams from Dixon Kemp's 1891 sailing manual, titled Dictionary of General Information on pages 616 and 617.
Blue cloth spine binding of A Manual of Yacht and Boat Sailing by Dixon Kemp, 7th edition published in London in 1891 by Horace Cox with gilt lettering.
Fold-out architectural sail plan Plate XLIX featuring Itchen sailing punts and boats from Dixon Kemp’s 1891 edition of A Manual of Yacht and Boat Sailing.
Fold-out hull lines diagram Plate XVI showing architectural yacht alterations for RUBY as altered 1891 from Dixon Kemp’s 7th edition sailing book.
Multi-panel fold-out architectural schematic Plate LXXV depicting steel steam yacht Maid of Honour in Dixon Kemp's 1891 expanded 7th edition.
Open pages showing historical anchor design diagrams from Dixon Kemp's 1891 sailing manual, titled Dictionary of General Information on pages 616 and 617.

Kemp, Dixon

A Manual of Yacht and Boat Sailing.

Horace Cox, London, 1891

CHF 220.–

Ein Meilenstein der britischen Schiffsbauliteratur aus dem goldenen Zeitalter des Yachtsports.

Beschreibung: Orig. blaues Leinen, blindgeprägt, mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel. Quartband: 27 × 18 cm; pp.: xii, 750, 14 (Anzeigen). Mit (grösstenteils) ausklappbaren Tafeln, nummeriert von i-xliv, xliv2-lv, lv2, lv3-lix, lix2, lix3, lx, lx2, lx3-xciii, xciii2-ci (109 Tafeln) und 394 Textillustrationen.

Provenienz: Kleines Buchhändlerschild von Friedrich Beck, Wien, auf dem vorderen Spiegel.

Zustand: Einband bestossen und berieben, der Buchrücken etwas stärker; die äusseren Gelenke altersbedingt etwas spröde, aber fest; das vordere innere Gelenk geschwächt, das hintere innere Gelenk angebrochen. Der Inhalt weist einige Alters- und Gebrauchsspuren sowie vereinzelte Flecken auf, die Tafeln zeigen vereinzelte kurze Einrisse.