Antiquarian and Collectors’ Books

SMALL CRAFT VOYAGES. - Warwick M. TOMPKINS. Fifty South to Fifty South, the Story of a Voyage West Around Cape Horn in the Schooner Wander Bird. London: Robert Hale, Ltd., 1938. First edition, 8vo (217 x 140mm.) Numerous illustrations. (Light browning to fore-edge.) Original pictorial cloth blocked in gilt (extremities lightly bumped, spine faded). - And thirty-seven other volumes relating to small craft voyages (including: Canon Archibald CAMPBELL. 'Fair Winds and Good Water'. Glasgow: William Maclellan, 1955. First edition with dust-jacket; A.G. HAMILTON. 'The Restless Wind'. Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood & Sons Ltd., 1961. First edition with dust-jacket). Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection (38).

SMALL CRAFT VOYAGES. Up the Elbe, and on to Norway by Mr. Nihil. London: Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, [n.d. but circa 1865.] 8vo (195 x 120mm.) (Light browning and spotting.) Original cloth blocked in gilt and blind, extremities bumped and scuffed, head and foot of spine chipped with some loss and a fragment secured with adhesive tape, spine darkened, slightly soiled). Provenance: George Naish (ink inscription to title-page 'From the collection of George Naish, 1978'). - And forty-seven other volumes relating to small craft voyages (including: 'Hunt-Room Stories and Yachting Yarns by the author of Across Country and Fair Diana'. London: Chapman and Hall, 1884). Note: George Naish was the son of a keen maritime archaeologist and joined the National Maritime Museum in 1935, in 1940 he joined the Royal Naval Volunteer becoming lieutenant-commander on transferring on demobilisation to the Royal Naval Reserve, in 1947 Naish became Honorary Secretary to the Society for Nautical Research and attained the ranks of Keeper and Historical Consultant at the Maritime Museum. Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection (48).

THE CRUISING CLUB. The Cruiser; or, Logs of the Cruising Club. London: Judd & Co., 1873. First edition, 8vo (218 x 138mm.) (Light browning, occasional spotting.) Original wrappers (browned, slightly soiled, backstrip mostly detached, stitching weak). - And eight other late 19th and early 20th Century volumes relating to the Cruising Club (including: 'Rules of the Cruising Club with Lists of Members & Yachts and Index of Places'. [N.p.:] 1888; 'The Cruising Club Journal. Season 1890'. London: C.F. Roworth, 1891). Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection (9).

THE MARINER'S MIRROR. The Journal of the Society for Nautical Research. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1969-1987. Vols. 55, 62-73 only, 8vo (238 x 162mm.) Numerous illustrations. (Some light browning.) Original cloth, spine with blocked lettering in gilt (extremities lightly scuffed). - And a quantity of other volumes relating to nautical research and sailing (including: 'Maritime South West, the Journal of the South West Maritime History Society' and 'South West Soundings, the newsletter of the South West Maritime History Society'). Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection (a quantity).

THE ROYAL CORINTHIAN YACHT CLUB. - Ernest J. DAY & Company (publishers). A Book of Designs of Deep Sea Racing Craft, issued under the Auspices of The Royal Corinthian Yacht Club. London: [n.d. but circa 1932.] Oblong folio (272 x 372mm.) Numerous illustrations of designs and plans. (Light browning.) Original blue cloth, upper-cover with laurel-leaf and crown motif blocked in gilt, g.e. (ink-stamp to front-free endpaper). Provenance: The Cruising Association ('Cruising Association Library' blocked in gilt to upper-cover); The Michael Gilkes Collection (bookplate to front pastedown).

TIPHYS, [Charles Penrose]. Practical Canoeing; a Treatise on the Management & Handling of Canoes. London: Norie & Wilson, 1883. First edition, 8vo (218 x 135mm.) Frontispiece, 4 full-page plates, illustrations, 18pp. advertisements and map at rear. (Light browning, occasional minor spotting or soiling, some staining to p.34.) Original blue pictorial cloth blocked in black and gilt (extremities bumped, reinforced with touches of recolouring to corners and head and foot of spine, endpapers browned). Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection.

TIPHYS, [Charles Penrose]. Practical Canoeing; a Treatise on the Management & Handling of Canoes. London: Norie & Wilson, 1883. First edition, 8vo (220 x 133mm.) Frontispiece, 4 full-page plates, illustrations, 18pp. advertisements and map at rear. (Light browning, occasional spotting or soiling.) Original brown pictorial cloth blocked in black and gilt (extremities bumped and scuffed, rebacked with majority of old spine laid down, reinforced with touches of recolouring, some damp staining, endpapers browned). Provenance: George Naish (inscription signed and dated 'George Naish, Portsmouth, 5-5-44' to preliminary blank with further inscription 'From the collection of George Naish 1978' to reverse of frontispiece); The Michael Gilkes Collection. Note: George Naish was the son of a keen maritime archaeologist and joined the National Maritime Museum in 1935, in 1940 he joined the Royal Naval Volunteer becoming lieutenant-commander on transferring on demobilisation to the Royal Naval Reserve, in 1947 Naish became Honorary Secretary to the Society for Nautical Research and attained the ranks of Keeper and Historical Consultant at the Maritime Museum.

TOY, Ernest. Adventures Afloat, a Nautical Bibliography: a Comprehensive Guide to Books in English Recounting the Adventures of Amateur Sailors upon the Waters of the World… from the Earliest Writings Through 1986. Metuchen, New Jersey: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1988. 2 vols., 8vo (215 x 130mm.) Original blue cloth blocked in gilt (head and foot of spines slightly bumped). Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection.

VANDERBILT, Harold S. Enterprise, The Story of the Defense of The America's Cup in 1930. New York & London: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1931. First edition, 4to (259 x 188mm.) Photographic frontispiece, 49 photographic plates, 3 plans (1 folding), 7 charts (6 folding). (Some browning and spotting.) Original cloth blocked in white and gilt (extremities lightly bumped and scuffed, endpapers browned), dust-jacket (browning, creasing and minor soiling, chipped to head and foot of spine, front flap clipped). Note: presentation inscription from Ronald Campbell, Acting High Commissioner, Bermuda dated 'July 11, 1932' to front-free endpaper. Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection.

VERNON-HARCOURT, Leveson Francis. Rivers and Canals… with Statistics of the Traffic on Inland Waterways… second edition, re-written and enlarged. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1896. 2 vols., 8vo (218 x 146mm.) 13 colour folding plates, 2pp. advertisements at rear of vol. II. (Light browning, occasional minor spotting, bottom edge of plates VIII and XIII shaved with minor loss.) Original olive green cloth, spines gilt (extremities lightly bumped and scuffed, minor soiling). Provenance: Andrew M. Dunbar (ink inscription dated 'S/Lt R.N.V.R. Aug. 44 Calcutta' to front-free endpaper); The Michael Gilkes Collection.

WILSON, James. A Voyage round the Coasts of Scotland and the Isles. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1842. First edition, 2 vols., 8vo (190 x 111mm.) 2 engraved frontispieces, 19 engraved plates, illustrations. (Browning and spotting, occasional damp staining.) Contemporary half-calf, spine in six compartments with raised bands, gilt lettering pieces to second and fourth compartments (vol. I rebacked with old spine laid down, extremities bumped and scuffed). Provenance: Institute of Accountants and Actuaries, Glasgow (library bookplates to front pastedowns); The Michael Gilkes Collection.

WINDJAMMERS & SCHOONERS. - Basil LUBBOCK. The Last of the Windjammers. Glasgow: Brown, Son & Ferguson, Ltd., 1927-1929. First edition, 2 vols., 8vo (244 x 176mm.) Numerous plates and plans. (Browning and spotting.) Original cloth blocked in gilt, spine gilt (extremities lightly bumped and scuffed). - And a quantity of other volumes relating to sailing, mostly windjammers and schooners (including: Basil LUBBOCK. 'Sail, The Romance of the Clipper Ships'. London: The Blue Peter Publishing Company, Ltd., [n.d. but circa 1927.]). Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection (a quantity).

YACHT DESIGN & BUILDING. - Herbert James ASHCROFT. Shavings from a Shipyard. London: John Ouseley, 1908. First edition, 8vo (184 x 120mm.) (Light browning.) Original pictorial cloth, spine gilt (extremities lightly bumped, endpapers browned and spotted). - And a quantity of other volumes relating to boat building (including: Norman L. SKENE. 'Elements of Yacht Design'. New York: The Rudder Publishing Company, 1904). Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection (a quantity).

YACHT DESIGN & BUILDING. - L. Francis HERRESHOFF. The Common Sense of Yacht Design. Jamaica & New York: Caravan Maritime Books, 1966. 4to (305 x 222mm.) Numerous illustrations. Original cloth (head and foot of spine lightly bumped, slightly soiled), dust-jacket (spotted, slightly chipped and soiled, spine lightly browned). - And twenty-three other volumes relating to boat building and design. Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection (24).

YACHT RACING. - Francis B. COOKE. The America's Cup… fully illustrated. London: The Yachtsman Publishing Co., Ltd., 1930. 8vo (207 x 135mm.) Uncoloured frontispiece, 7 uncoloured plates. (Light browning and spotting, occasional minor soiling.) Original card wrappers (extremities bumped, spine faded). - And thirty-three other volumes relating to yacht racing (including: 'Yacht Racing Association. The Y.R.A. Rules for 1939'. London: Harrison and Sons, Ltd, [n.d.]; Winfield M. THOMPSON et al. 'The Yacht America'. London: Martin Hopkinson, 1925). Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection (34).

YACHT RACING. - Helen G. BELL. Winning the King's Cup, an Account of the 'Elena's' Race to Spain 1928. New York & London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1928. First edition, 8vo (253 x 171mm.) Frontispiece, 19 plates, 10 folding maps, charts and plans. (Browning and spotting.) Original cloth blocked in gilt (extremities lightly bumped, minor soiling), dust-jacket (torn with loss, soiled). - And fifteen other volumes relating to yacht racing (including: Cornelius SHIELDS. 'Racing with Cornelius Shields and the Masters, revised edition'. New Jersey: Prentice-Hall Inc., 1974. Presentation inscription from William M. Kluss owner of 'Lorne'). Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection (16).

BEERBOHM, Julius. Wanderings in Patagonia or Life Among the Ostrich-Hunters. London: Chatto and Windus, 1879. First edition, 8vo (215 x 128mm.) Frontispiece, 1 plate, 1 map. (Light browning, occasional minor soiling.) 20th Century half-morocco, spine gilt in six compartments with raised bands, lettered in gilt in the second and third compartments, the others with repeat foliate decoration in gilt (extremities lightly scuffed, endpapers replaced). Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection.

CANALS & WATERWAYS. - R.C. Royal MINIKIN. Practical River and Canal Engineering. London: Charles Griffin and Company, Limited, 1920. First edition, 8vo (223 x 146mm.) Numerous plates and illustrations, folding map. (Light browning, heavier to half-title.) Original cloth blocked in blind, spine gilt (extremities bumped and scuffed, slightly soiled). - And twenty-three other volumes relating to canals and waterways (including: Lewis A. EDWARDS. 'Inland Waterways of Great Britain and Northern Ireland'. London & St. Ives: Imray et al., 1950). Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection (24).

CANALS, BRITISH. - E. Temple THURSTON. The 'Flower of Gloster'. London: Williams and Norgate, 1911. First edition, 8vo (215 x 156mm.) Colour frontispiece, 5 colour plates, numerous uncoloured illustrations, 16pp. advertisements at rear. (Spotting, light browning, occasional minor soiling.) Original decorative cloth blocked in gilt, t.e.g. (extremities bumped and scuffed, spine slightly darkened). - And a quantity of other volumes relating to British canals and inland waterways (including: David BICK. 'The Hereford & Gloucester Canal'. Newent: The Pound House, 1979). Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection (a quantity).