Antiquarian and Collectors’ Books

NAVIGATION. Sailing Directions for the English and Bristol Channels and the South-West Coast of Ireland. London: James Imray and Son, 1859-1862. 2 parts in 1, 8vo (210 x 134mm.) (Light browning and spotting, occasional minor soiling and marginalia.) Original wrappers with printed label to upper-cover (torn and chipped with minor loss, particularly to spine, label browning). Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection.

NEISON, Adrian. Practical Boat Building for Amateurs: Containing Full Instructions for Designing and Building Punts, Skiffs, Canoes, Sailing Boats, etc. Fully Illustrated with Working Diagrams. London: 'The Bazaar' Office, [n.d.] 8vo (195 x 127mm.) Numerous illustrations, 4pp. advertisements at rear. (Light browning, occasional minor soiling.) Original purple cloth blocked in gilt and blind, spine gilt (head and foot of spine bumped and scuffed, spine and head of covers faded). Provenance: F.J.B. Beckford (armorial bookplate to front pastedown); The Michael Gilkes Collection.

NOIRE & WILSON (publishers). Fore and Aft Seamanship for Yachtsmen, with names of Ropes, Spars and Sails of a Cutter, Yawl and Schooner. London: [n.d.] First edition, 8vo (215 x 138mm.) Engraved vignette to title-page, 1 plate, 4pp. advertisements at rear. (Light browning and spotting.) Original cloth-backed boards, upper-cover printed with title and engraved vignette (extremities lightly bumped and rubbed, browning and spotting). Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection.

PARKIN, Ray. H.M. Bark Endeavour. Her Place in Australian History, with an Account of her Construction, Crew and Equipment and a Narrative of her Voyage on the East Coast of New Holland in the Year 1770. [N.p.:] The Miegunyah Press, 1997. Limited edition of 1000 copies, 2 vols., 4to (297 x 206mm.) Numerous illustrations, 15 folding plans in slipcase. Original cloth (minor soiling to head of spine of text volume), slipcase (extremities lightly bumped). Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection.

ROSSER, W.H. The Yachtsman's Handy Book for Sea Use, and Adapted for the Board of Trade Yachting Certificate. London: Charles Wilson, 1877. First edition, 8vo (214 x 134mm.) Folding map frontispiece, 3 plates (1 colour), 16pp. advertisements at rear. (Light browning, occasional light spotting.) Original cloth blocked in black and gilt (extremities bumped and scuffed, soiled). Provenance: F.J.B. Beckford (armorial bookplate to front pastedown).- And two other later editions of 'The Yachtsman's Handy Book'. Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection (3).

RUNCIMAN, Walter. 'Sunbeam II.' In 1932 with Some Reminiscences of Sailing Ship Captains [The Personal Log]. Newcastle upon Tyne: Andrew Reid & Company, Limited, 1933. 4to (241 x 180mm.) Photographic frontispiece, 3 photographic plates, 24 photographic illustrations. (Light browning, marginal tear with loss to pp.99-100.) Original cloth blocked in gilt (extremities lightly bumped, spine faded, damp stained). Together with an a.l.s. by Runciman addressed to Mr Warington Smyth dated 'Aug 11th 1933', reading 'Your very kind letter came to me when on the Solent and ought to have been answered when received but I was so much engaged at the time it has been overlooked. I think I handed it to Walter… Walters schooner 'Altair' is a great success. He has gone to Scotland with her… Is the cove where you are suitable for 'Sunbeam II' she draws 17.3 and is 195 feet overall and 152 feet waterline… Thanks again in abundance for your kindness, yours sincerely Runciman'. - And a typed compliments slip on Fernwood House headed paper 'With the Author's Compliments'. Note: this volume covers the cruise to Syra and Constantinople from 8th April to May 19th with a crew of 25 and a second short cruise to Denmark from 8th June to August 25th. Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection.

SAILING, GENERAL. - H. Lewis JONES. Swin, Swale, and Swatchway: or, Cruises Down the Thames, the Medway, and the Essex Rivers. London: Waterlow and Sons Limited, 1892. First edition, 4to (208 x 163mm.) Frontispiece, decorative title, numerous plates. (Light browning and occasional spotting.) Original cloth (extremities bumped, scuffed and soiled, spine discoloured, indistinct inscription to front-free endpaper). - And a quantity of other volumes relating to sailing and cruising (including: Charles H. VILAS. 'Far Horizons Volume II, Adventures in Cruising by Members of the Cruising Club of America'. [N.p.: 1981.] Facsimile from vol. I, 4to. Provenance: Al Stanford (dedication inscription to Commodore Al Stanford and co-editors Dave Bacon and Carl Vilas from Commodore Alan Bemis to half-title). Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection (a quantity).

SAILING, GENERAL. Yachting Catalogue. Henry Hughes & Son, Limited. [N.p.: n.d.] 4to (247 x 184mm.) Numerous illustrations and advertisements. (Light browning and occasional minor soiling.) Original paper wrappers (some browning, chipped with minor tears without loss). - And a quantity of other volumes relating to sailing, cruising and yachting (including: Alan VILLIERS. 'Sons of Sinbad'. London: Hodder & Stoughton Limited, 1940). Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection (a quantity).

SAILING, SIGNED. - Winifred BROWN. Duffers on the Deep. London: Peter Davies, 1939. First edition, 8vo (217 x 138mm.) Original cloth (extremities lightly bumped, split to head of spine, spine slightly browned), dust-jacket (chipped and torn with loss, some repaired tears, creased and backstrip slightly browned). Provenance: Harry Vandenvelle (presentation inscription from Winifred Brown 'Wishing Harry Vandenvelle the best of luck, fair winds, and good passages' to front-free endpaper); Michael Gilkes (bookplate to front pastedown). Together with two a.l.s by Winifred Brown addressed to Commander Vandervelle, one hurriedly discussing her book and autographing it for him, 'Please excuse haste, but everybody here is rushing out to the submarine that has gone down just outside'. - And two other sailing volumes (comprising: Irving JOHNSON. 'Shamrock v's Wild Voyage Home and Other Sea-Going Adventures'. Springfield: Milton Bradley Company,1933. First edition, 8vo. Provenance: Lieutenant Commander Ninson (presentation inscription from Irving Johnson 'To Lieut. Commander Ninson who enjoyed a sail as only one who was brought up in sail can' to front-free endpaper); Errol BRUCE. 'When the Crew Matter Most, an ocean-racing story'. London: Stanley Paul, 1961. First edition, 8vo. Together with an a.l.s. by Errol Bruce addressed to Michael dated '11 September 1978'). Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection (3).

SAILING. - C.C.P. FITZGERALD. Boat Sailing and Racing. Portsmouth: Griffin & Co., 1888. Second edition, 8vo (158 x 98mm.) Illustrations, 10pp. advertisements at rear. (Light browning.) Original pictorial cloth blocked in gilt and blind (extremities bumped and scuffed, slightly soiled). - And fifty-four other volumes relating to sailing (including: S.T.S. LECKY. 'The Danger Angle and Off-Shore Distance Tables… twenty-seventh edition enlarged'. London: George Philip & Son, 1927; W.K. STEWART. 'Brown's Signalling, How to Learn the International Code of Visual and Sound Signals'. Glasgow: Brown, Son & Ferguson, Ltd., 1940). Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection (55).

SAILING. - Dixon KEMP. A Manual of Yacht and Boat Sailing. London: 'The Field' Office, 1878. First edition, 8vo (262 x 162mm.) 17 plates, 6 folding plates, 12pp. advertisements at rear. (Light browning, occasional heavier browning, minor soiling or spotting, marginal tears without loss to p.131 and plate V.) Original cloth blocked in blind (extremities bumped and scuffed, hinges splitting, stitching weak). - And eighteen other volumes relating to, and guides for, practical sailing. Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection (19).

SAILING. - Edwin BRETT. Notes on Yachts. (First Series). London: 1869. First edition, 8vo (178 x 117mm.) Engraved frontispiece. (Light browning, occasional minor spotting or soiling.) Original cloth blocked in gilt (extremities bumped and lightly scuffed, slightly soiled, front-free endpaper torn with minor loss). - And thirty-seven other volumes relating to sailing (including: Frank COWPER. 'Yachting and Cruising for Amateurs… sixth edition, revised and enlarged'. London: [n.d.] with dust-jacket). Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection (38).

SAILING. - H.W. TILMAN. In Mischief's Wake. London: Hollis & Carter, 1971. First edition, 8vo (214 x 137mm.) Original boards (head and foot of spine lightly bumped, spine slightly faded), dust-jacket (slightly bumped and lightly browned to backstrip). Together with an a.l.s. by Tilman addressed to Mr Gilkes, dated '29 August 1972', discussing a 'troublesome voyage' (225 x 177mm.) - And thirty-three other volumes, mostly by David Lewis, Miles Smeeton and Eric Hiscock (including: Rozelle RAYNES. 'A Boat Called Martha, The Story of Martha McGilda'. Donington: Shaun Tyas, 2001, signed by the author to title-page). Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection (34).

SAILING. - 'VANDERDECKEN'. Yachts and Yachting… Treatise on Building, Sparring, Canvassing, Sailing and the General Management of Yachts. London: Hunt & Co., 1873. First edition, 8vo (212 x 130mm.) Numerous plates, 9pp. advertisements at rear. (Browning and spotting.) Original pictorial cloth blocked in gilt, spine gilt (extremities bumped and scuffed, spine darkened, loss of cloth to head of spine, hinges split). - And four other volumes relating to sailing and yachting (including: Tyrrel E. BIDDLE. 'The Corinthian Yachtsman, or Hints on Yachting'. London: C. Wilson, 1881; H.C. FOLKARD. 'The Sailing Boat: A Treatise on English and Foreign Boats… third edition'. London: Longman et al., 1863). Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection (5).

SMALL CRAFT VOYAGES. - Archibald YOUNG. Summer Sailings by an Old Yachtsman. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1898. First edition, 8vo (218 x 140mm.) Hand-coloured frontispiece, hand-coloured vignette to title-page, 14 hand-coloured plates, 1p. advertisements at rear. (Light browning, spotting to plates, occasional minor soiling.) Original blue cloth blocked in gilt (extremities bumped and scuffed, slightly soiled, spine darkened). - And twenty other volumes relating to small craft voyages (including: S.R. GRAVES. 'A Yachting Cruise in the Baltic'. London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1863). Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection (21).

SMALL CRAFT VOYAGES. - Edwin GALT. The Camp and the Cutter; or, a Cruise to the Crimea. London: Thomas Hodgson, 1856. First edition, 8vo (179 x 115mm.) Engraved frontispiece, additional decorative title. (Light browning and spotting, some soiling.) Original cloth blocked in gilt and blind (extremities bumped and lightly scuffed, rebacked, endpapers replaced). - And four other volumes relating to small boat voyages (including: William FORWELL. 'A Thousand Miles' Cruise in the Silver Cloud'. Glasgow: Blackie and Son, 1878; H. Fiennes SPEED. 'Cruises in Small Yachts and Big Canoes'. London: Norie & Wilson, 1883). Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection (5).

SMALL CRAFT VOYAGES. - H.M. DOUGHTY. Our Wherry in Wendish Lands: From Friesland, through the Mecklenburg Lakes to Bohemia. London: Jarrold & Sons [n.d. but circa 1892] 8vo (227 x 151mm.) Frontispiece, 32 plates, 4 folding maps, 2pp. advertisements at rear. (Light browning, occasional minor spotting or soiling, 3 folding maps torn without loss.) Original decorative cloth blocked in gilt, spine gilt, t.e.g. (extremities lightly bumped and scuffed). - And forty-five other volumes relating to small craft voyages. Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection (46).

SMALL CRAFT VOYAGES. - Hilaire BELLOC. On Sailing the Sea, a Collection of Seagoing Writings of Hilaire Belloc selected by W.N. Roughead. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1939. First edition, 8vo (197 x 134mm.) Additional illustration mounted to reverse of half-title. (Light browning and spotting, marginal burn-hole to pp.99-100.) Original cloth (extremities lightly bumped, spine faded, slightly soiled, newspaper clippings mounted to free endpapers). Provenance: Enid Closh (bookplate to front pastedown). Note: signed by the author to title-page. - And twenty-four other volumes relating to small craft voyages (including: David FINLAY. 'Reminiscences of Yacht Racing and Some Racing Years'. Glasgow: John Smith & Son, 1910). Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection (25).

SMALL CRAFT VOYAGES. - RUPERT HART-DAVIS (publishers). The Mariners Library. London: 1955-1962. Vols. 1-7, 10, 12-15, 17-20, 23-28, 30, 34-35 and 45 only, 8vo (183 x 119mm.) (Light browning and spotting.) Original cloth (extremities bumped), dust-jackets (some browning and spotting, often chipped and torn with some minor loss). - And thirty-six other volumes relating to small craft sailing voyages. Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection (62).