Yachting in America.: A Bibliography Embracing the History, Practice, and Equipment of American Yachting and Pleasure Boating from Earliest Beginnings to Circa 1988.
by MORRIS, Gerald E., & Llewellyn Howland III (compilers)
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About This Item
Mystic: Mystic Seaport Museum,, 1991. First edition, limited to 500 copies, signed by Howland on the title page. Large octavo. Original green cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gilt. A few marks to edges of text block. A near fine copy.
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- Peter Harrington (GB)
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- Title
- Yachting in America.
- Author
- MORRIS, Gerald E., & Llewellyn Howland III (compilers)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- Mystic: Mystic Seaport Museum,
- Date Published
- 1991
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Peter Harrington
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