A Manual of Yacht and Boat Sailing.

Horace Cox, London, 1891

7th expanded edition of this landmark reference work on naval architecture, seamanship and yacht design.

Description: Publisher’s royal blue cloth blocked in blind, spine titled in gilt. Quarto: 27 × 18 cm; pp.: xii, 750, 14 pages of adverts at the back. With (mostly) fold-out plates, numbered i–xliv, xliv2–lv, lv2, lv3–lix, lix2, lix3, lx, lx2, lx3–xciii, xciii2–ci throughout (109 plates) and 394 illustrations printed in text.

Provenance: Small bookseller’s embossed label of Friedrich Beck, Wien on front paste down.

Condition: Binding well rubbed and with wear to spine; outer hinges somewhat age brittle but firm, front inner hinge is starting, rear inner hinge cracked. Contents with some signs of age and wear and occasional stains, the fold-out plates with occasional short tears.