The Lawson History of the America’s Cup.

Boston: Thomas W. Lawson, 1902. One of the major Americas Cup books. Toy calls this work A detailed and well-documented history of the early races which displays some hostility to the New York Yacht Club. - Toy 1621. Morris & Howland p. 82. Rulon-Miller list #11. Lawson had the books privately printed in a limited edition, many of which he distributed to libraries. This is such a copy, being #2589 in a limited edition of 3000, inscribed by Lawson to the Waterville Public Library, with no library markings. Backstrip lightly toned, a few cover spots, otherwise a very nice copy of an important book, with contents in fine condition. . 29.5 cm. xv, (1, color frontispiece), 402 pp. Color and b/w plates.