Yachting & Sailing
TWO DECADES OF CHALLENGE.
Illustrated by Mark Sofilas. Pp. 52, 15 hand-tipped coloured plates, numerous duotone illustrations, pictorial free endpapers, summary of challenges; demy folio; full dark blue leather, lettered and decorated in gilt, bottom fore-corners of boards faintly rubbed; Terra-Graphics (W. A.) Pty. Ltd./Advance Australia Challenge, Perth, 1983. First edition limited to 1,000..... More
SAILBOARD RACING.
Translated by Barbara Webb. Pp. 120(last blank), numerous text illustrations and figures, coloured pictorial endpapers (flag signals); small square 4to; top fore-corners of boards faintly bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed, the back panel faintly soiled, edges of leaves lightly foxed; Nautical Books/Macmillan, London, 1981. First U.K. edition..... More
JOLLY DOGS ARE WE.
The History of Yachting in Victoria 1838-1894. Pp. viii+338, 11 coloured plates (1 double page), black & white pictorial title page, text illustrations and maps (several full page) and pictorial endpapers, index; demy 4to; cream cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, tiny bruise to bottom edge of lower board;..... More
THE TRIUMPH OF AUSTRALIA II.
The America's Cup Challenge of 1983. Preface by R. J. L. Hawke. Foreword by Ben Lexcen. Pp. 128, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white (some full page), index; med. 4to; top fore-corner of lower board a trifle bruised, bottom edges slightly shelf worn; dust wrapper, edges a trifle..... More
THE SOUTHERN CROSS.
Australian's 1974 challenge for America's Cup. Illustrations by Melbourne Smith. Pp. xvi+172+[4](blank, last colophon), frontispiece, numerous text illustrations (many full or double page); dust wrapper, lightly foxed, edges slightly rubbed and split; outer leaves and edges lightly foxed; Admiralty Publishing House, Annapolis, 1974. First edition. More