(1899) · NY
by Shafer, L.A.
NY: R.H. Russell, (1899). Folio. Unpaginated (32 pp.) b/w plates.
First edition of a surprisingly scarce Cup book, with 16 large (trim size is about 21x15 inches) full page b/w plates of contestants in the Americas Cup races up to the turn of the century. In his checklist of Americas Cup books Rulon-Miller cites this work as difficult to find. Not in Toy. Morris & Howland p. 124. Rulon-Miller 9. Bound in original cloth over paper covered boards. Light cover wear, front inner hinge cracked, and front pastedown chewed to a lacy fringe around its outer border. Text and plates clean. (Inventory #: 40683)
First edition of a surprisingly scarce Cup book, with 16 large (trim size is about 21x15 inches) full page b/w plates of contestants in the Americas Cup races up to the turn of the century. In his checklist of Americas Cup books Rulon-Miller cites this work as difficult to find. Not in Toy. Morris & Howland p. 124. Rulon-Miller 9. Bound in original cloth over paper covered boards. Light cover wear, front inner hinge cracked, and front pastedown chewed to a lacy fringe around its outer border. Text and plates clean. (Inventory #: 40683)