The Lawson History of the America's Cup. A Record of Fifty Years -
Winfield. M. Thompson, Thomas W. Lawson
1902 - Privately Printed, Boston - First and Limited Edition, of which this is number 1033
A handsomely bound example of this large and splendid work, over 400 pages illustrated with eighty-nine full page plates of which sixteen are colour and two are maps outlined in colour.
Detailing the history of the America’s Cup from 1851 to 1902, its challenges, yachts, protests, characters and an appendix of press articles. There is nothing finer.
Privately printed for private distribution only, and limited to 3,000 copies most of which were presented to prominent members of the yachting community and to rather special libraries this particular copy was presented to ‘The Cumberland Mills Library’ which was founded in 1879 and was based in Westbrook, Maine. ‘One of the major America's Cup works’ - Morris & Howland.
References: Toy, Adventures Afloat, 1621. Morris & Howland, Yachting in America 82.
Thick quarto (binding size 29.2x20.2cm), pp. [4] xv [1] 402 [4]. Bound in recent full dark blue morocco, spine lettered and tooled in gilt with sailing motifs and raised bands and twin burgundy morocco labels lettered in gilt, boards with decorated gilt borders, top edge gilt, marbled swirling nautical endpapers. Condition: Fine in fine binding Ref: 112471 Price: HK$ 18,000
Detailing the history of the America’s Cup from 1851 to 1902, its challenges, yachts, protests, characters and an appendix of press articles. There is nothing finer.
Privately printed for private distribution only, and limited to 3,000 copies most of which were presented to prominent members of the yachting community and to rather special libraries this particular copy was presented to ‘The Cumberland Mills Library’ which was founded in 1879 and was based in Westbrook, Maine. ‘One of the major America's Cup works’ - Morris & Howland.
References: Toy, Adventures Afloat, 1621. Morris & Howland, Yachting in America 82.
Thick quarto (binding size 29.2x20.2cm), pp. [4] xv [1] 402 [4]. Bound in recent full dark blue morocco, spine lettered and tooled in gilt with sailing motifs and raised bands and twin burgundy morocco labels lettered in gilt, boards with decorated gilt borders, top edge gilt, marbled swirling nautical endpapers. Condition: Fine in fine binding Ref: 112471 Price: HK$ 18,000