A Limited Edition. One of 1,000 copies, this copy being numbered 643 to the publisher’s certificate of authenticity secured to the front free endpaper. Large Folio. Publisher’s full navy blue cloth, front cover and spine lettered in white, decorative endpapers, introduction by Michael Verdon, profusely illustrated throughout with colour and black and white photographic illustrations, housed in publisher’s folding solander box (47cm*39cm), the front cover with a photographic illustration of Valkyrie in 1891, the front cover and spine lettered in white, publisher’s yellow ribbon inside the box. Published by Assouline, 2013.
A touch of very minor wear to the binding; near fine. Some wear to the publisher’s box; very good. The contents of the book are in fine condition.
It is rare to encounter copies of this book in the marketplace, with no auction records located in the usual online auction databases. It is especially rare to encounter this book in such collectible condition.
“Celebrating the very best in yachting, as photographed by the legendary Beken family for more than a century, Beken of Cowes: The Art of Sailing, features an expanded selection of the world’s most magnificent sailboats from the golden age of yachting.” (Assouline.)
Please contact us for shipping costs if ordering from outside the UK.
A Limited Edition. One of 1,000 copies, this copy being numbered 643 to the publisher’s certificate of authenticity secured to the front free endpaper. Large Folio. Publisher’s full navy blue cloth, front cover and spine lettered in white, decorative endpapers, introduction by Michael Verdon, profusely illustrated throughout with colour and black and white photographic illustrations, housed in publisher’s folding solander box (47cm*39cm), the front cover with a photographic illustration of Valkyrie in 1891, the front cover and spine lettered in white, publisher’s yellow ribbon inside the box. Published by Assouline, 2013.
A touch of very minor wear to the binding; near fine. Some wear to the publisher’s box; very good. The contents of the book are in fine condition.
It is rare to encounter copies of this book in the marketplace, with no auction records located in the usual online auction databases. It is especially rare to encounter this book in such collectible condition.
“Celebrating the very best in yachting, as photographed by the legendary Beken family for more than a century, Beken of Cowes: The Art of Sailing, features an expanded selection of the world’s most magnificent sailboats from the golden age of yachting.” (Assouline.)
Please contact us for shipping costs if ordering from outside the UK.
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