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two volumes, as issued original grey cloth, black leather labels, a substantial production. (1) Text Vol. In three parts: Part 1, Yacht & Boat Sailing, frontis, 11 photos, 143 illus (many multi-view), 6 folding tables. Part 2, Yacht Architecture, 4 photos, 109 illus, 1 folding table. Part 3, The Dictionary, 4 photos, 113 illus. With advert section at end of volume. (2) Plates Vol. xpp, 90 plates (many folding), with 4 addenda plates (not listed but all present). Toy, entry 2152: A classic work by a central figure in British yachting, containing crisp and authoritative instructions on selecting a yacht, pre-purchase inspection, building, equipment, seamanship, open sailing boats, general yacht management, racing rules, centre-board boats, sailing boats of the Clyde and Mersey, other sailing boats, steam yachts, ice yachts and canoeing. AJS: First published 1878 and went through a number of editions to the eleventh (as here) of 1913. Still a standard source work. The great age of British yachting which came to and end with the First World War.…