A very rare publication on American yachting by the International Yacht Publishing Company 155-157 Broadway, New York, featuring numerous full page photos of yachts along with many other photos, illustrations and engravings. This is the complete first volume , 692 pages. This book was sometimes split into two parts and bound separately, and this single binding with great cover art is the more desirable to collectors.
A standard work of reference being a history of yachting and yacht clubs with biographies of the founder and members of the different clubs of the United States and Canada. This is the ultimate bible of American yachting in the 19th century.
