The history of yachting : 1600-1815 / by Arthur H. Clark ; published under authority and direction of the New York Yacht Club.
Clark, Arthur H.
Category
Books
Date
1904
Materials
Place of origin
New York
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3258659
Summary
Bibliographic description
xv, [1], 249, [1] p., [67] leaves of plates : ill. ; 8vo. Provenance: Manuscript inscription on front free endpaper: "Viscount Furness / With compliments / J. Gordon Pratt / 15/Oct./1919." [i.e. to Marmaduke Furness, 1st Viscount Furness (1883-1940), former owner of the yacht 'Sapphire']. Twentieth-century pictorial bookplate (sailing ship with Fairhaven arms on sails): ‘Sapphire R.Y.S.’ and ‘Broughton’ [i.e. from the library of the yacht ‘Sapphire’, owned by Urban Hanlon Broughton (1857-1929), later by Cara Leland Rogers, Lady Fairhaven (1867-1939)]. Binding: Twentieth-century publisher's quarter black cloth, white cloth over boards; gilt stamped centrepiece on upper board: medallion of the New York Yacht Club; vertical gilt fillet on boards; gilt lettered spine; gilt top edge.
Makers and roles
Clark, Arthur H., author New York Yacht Club, commissioner