‎KEMP Dixon‎
‎MANUAL OF YACHT AND BOAT SAILING.‎

‎Edited by Brooke Heckstall-Smith. New and tenth edition. Horace Cox, London, 1904. In-8 gr. (mm. 262x162), tela editoriale blu (lieviss. aloni), titolo oro al dorso, pp. 671, molto ben illustrato nel t. da 350 figure e, f.t., da 113 tavole, pi e pi volte ripieg. (108 + 5 bis), come da Indice. In Appendice (da p. 507) Dictionary of general information.Grandiosa opera dell'architetto navale britannnico Dixon Kemp (1839-1899) - giunta alla decima edizione - che tratta: American and English yacht designs, equipment and rigs, including canoes. Cos precisa il curatore I have endeavoured in the present edition to give a description of the best contemporary types of yachts and boats, their construction, gear, and the manner aof sailing, irrespective of their age. Some of the designs which appear are therefore far older than the first edition of this book (1878), whilst others are of the most modern kind. Firma di appartenenza ms. al frontesp., altrimenti esemplare ben conservato. Raro trovarlo cos completo.‎

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