164 (detail)
162. UFFA FOX’S LLOYD’S REGISTER OF YACHTS, 1962
one volume, 1962, Uffa Fox’s copy, with his name gold-blocked on the upper cover, with 1st and 2nd Supplements
Uffa Fox (1898-1972), probably the best-known yachting personality of the mid-twentieth century, was a notable boat designer and sailing enthusiast who was responsible for many of the developments which contributed to the modern popularity of dinghy racing. Apart from his remarkable wartime invention of a 27-foot lifeboat which could be dropped from an aircraft when rescuing downed aircrew or shipwrecked mariners, he designed many of the best-known classes of boats sailing today. In addition to dinghies, he also built several keel boats and all of his designs drew upon his wartime experiences working with moulded plywood and extruded aluminium etc. A close friend of the Duke of Edinburgh, he wrote several books on sailing techniques and was made C.B.E. in 1959 for his services to yachting.
£80-120 163.
THE BRITISH CORPORATION FOR THE SURVEY AND REGISTRY OF SHIPPING
three volumes of the registers for 1897, 1913 and 1919, all original bindings but each with some skilful repairs, a useful group of these rare registers, especially the volumes either side of the Great War
(3) £150-200
164. ‘AN HISTORY OF MARINE ARCHITECTURE.’
John Charnock London 1801, in three volumes, with marbled boards, dedication to Earl Spencer in first volume, complete with plates including fourteen pull-out profiles, bound in gilt calf (covers detached, spines worn)
(3, a set) £500-800
165. [LIVERPOOL] UNDERWRITERS’ REGISTRY FOR IRON VESSELS
four volumes of the registers for 1871-72, 1874-75, 1875-76 and 1884-85, each with some supplementary issues bound in, all stoutly rebound in modern red buckram with lettered spines and with the upper cover motifs (off the original bindings) laid on, various de-accessioned library stamps on title pages
(4)
Although these registers must have been printed in reasonable numbers, they are virtually unknown in commerce and are regarded as excessively rare, especially when compared to the relatively common Lloyd’s Registers which appear frequently in the marketplace.
£500-800 166.
MARITIME BOOKS
approximately thirty-five, comprising a variety of titles and references including Lloyd’s Register of British and Foreign Shipping: Rules and Regulations 1879-1888, (excluding 1883); and 1890, 1898, 1900, 1904, and 1905, together with Notes on Stowage by Chas H. Hillcoat, 1918, and others
(35) £50-80
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