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ENTERPRISE Harold S. Vanderbilt 1930 America's Cup Book Scarce in Dust Jacket

ENTERPRISE Harold S. Vanderbilt 1930 America's Cup Book Scarce in Dust Jacket

$ 79.2

Availability: 24 in stock
  • Topic: Historical
  • Author: Harold S. Vanderbilt
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Year Printed: 1931
  • Condition: Very good in about a good-minus dust jacket. Shown here in a detailed scan.
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket
  • Language: English
  • Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
  • Subject: Sailing
  • Original/Facsimile: Original
  • Place of Publication: New York

    Description

    A lovely copy of this coveted Harold S. Vanderbilt book on the 1930 America's Cup, in its
    scarce
    original illustrated dust wrapper.
    A first printing with the Scribner's logo and 'A' designation to the copyright page.
    VANDERBILT, Harold S.
    ENTERPRISE: The Story of the Defense of the America's Cup in 1930
    . New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1931. First Edition. 4to. 230pp. Blue cloth with gilt illustration to front; lettering, banding at spine. In original pictorial dust jacket. Unclipped. Jacket heavily chipped at edges with a bit of loss from spine ends. Cloth with light wear at spine ends, bumped at corners. Otherwise sound, clean, internally bright and unmarked. Profusely illustrated and complete with all photographic plates (50+), 7 charts, 4 drawings, 10 tables. Very good + in good dust-jacket.
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