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  • Blue cloth spine binding of A Manual of Yacht and Boat Sailing by Dixon Kemp, 7th edition published in London in 1891 by Horace Cox with gilt lettering.
  • Fold-out architectural sail plan Plate XLIX featuring Itchen sailing punts and boats from Dixon Kemp’s 1891 edition of A Manual of Yacht and Boat Sailing.
  • Fold-out hull lines diagram Plate XVI showing architectural yacht alterations for RUBY as altered 1891 from Dixon Kemp’s 7th edition sailing book.
  • Multi-panel fold-out architectural schematic Plate LXXV depicting steel steam yacht Maid of Honour in Dixon Kemp's 1891 expanded 7th edition.
  • Open pages showing historical anchor design diagrams from Dixon Kemp's 1891 sailing manual, titled Dictionary of General Information on pages 616 and 617.
Blue cloth spine binding of A Manual of Yacht and Boat Sailing by Dixon Kemp, 7th edition published in London in 1891 by Horace Cox with gilt lettering.
Fold-out architectural sail plan Plate XLIX featuring Itchen sailing punts and boats from Dixon Kemp’s 1891 edition of A Manual of Yacht and Boat Sailing.
Fold-out hull lines diagram Plate XVI showing architectural yacht alterations for RUBY as altered 1891 from Dixon Kemp’s 7th edition sailing book.
Multi-panel fold-out architectural schematic Plate LXXV depicting steel steam yacht Maid of Honour in Dixon Kemp's 1891 expanded 7th edition.
Open pages showing historical anchor design diagrams from Dixon Kemp's 1891 sailing manual, titled Dictionary of General Information on pages 616 and 617.

Kemp, Dixon

A Manual of Yacht and Boat Sailing.

Horace Cox, London, 1891

CHF 220.–

A seminal work in British shipbuilding literature from the golden age of yachting.

Description: Publisher's royal blue cloth blocked in blind, spine titled in gilt. Quarto: 27 × 18 cm; pp.: xii, 750, 14 pages of adverts at the back. With (mostly) fold-out plates, numbered i-xliv, xliv2-lv, lv2, lv3-lix, lix2, lix3, lx, lx2, lx3-xciii, xciii2-ci throughout (109 plates) and 394 illustrations printed in text.

Provenance: Small bookseller's embossed label of Friedrich Beck, Wien on front paste down.

Condition: Binding scuffed and worn, spine slightly more so; outer hinges somewhat age brittle but firm, front inner hinge is starting, rear inner hinge cracked. Contents with some signs of age and wear and occasional stains, the fold-out plates with occasional short tears.