Yachting - Badminton Library Vols I-II (Complete), 1894, Antique Victorian Illustrated Hardbacks

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Yachting - Badminton Library Vols I-II (Complete), 1894, published by Longmans, Green and Co. London. Hardbacks

These are two antique illustrated hardbacks. Details are:

Vol I - by Edward Sullivan, Lord Brassey etc.
Good condition:
- the cover has wear, rubbing, some puckering on the front and a creased top corner
- there is a name on the front flysheet
- there are a few dog-ears, bumped corners and some foxing along the edges

Contents:
Introduction
Ocean Cruising
Corinthian Deep-Sea Cruising
The Evolution of the Modern Racing Yacht
Sliding Keels and Centreboards
Recollections of Schooner Racing
The Racing Rules and the Rules of Rating
Yacht's Sailing Boats
Small Yacht Racing on the Solent
Fitting out a Fifty-Tonner to go Foreign
Baltic Cruising
Five-Tonners and Five-Raters in the North
Yacht Insurance

Vol II - by RT Pritchett, Marquis of Duffering and Ava etc
Good condition -
- the cover has wear, rubbing and some defects on the top and bottom of the spine
- there is a missing front flysheet
- there is some minor foxing on the page edges
- there is a small dent on some page edges

Contents:
Royal Yachts and English Yacht Clubs
Scottish Clubs
Irish Clubs
The Thames Clubs and Windermere
Yachting on the Norfolk Broads
Yachting in America
Yachting in New Zealand
Foreign and Colonial Yachting
Some Famous Races
Racing in a 40-Rater in 1892
Yacht Racing in 1893
The American Yachting Season of 1893
The American Cup Races, 1893
Appendix: The 'Giralda'

Each book is 19cm x 14cm x 4cm approx.

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