Bidspirit auction | A Collection of Nautical and

A Collection of Nautical and Boatbuilding Volumes. Various Publishers, 1919-1948. (DJ) - This collection consists of several hardcover volumes focusing on maritime subjects, boat construction, and marine engineering from the early to mid-twentieth century. Included are multiple editions of Small Boat Building by H. W. Patterson, published by The Macmillan Company as part of the Outing Handbooks series, with title pages dated 1931, 1936, 1938, and 1942. The collection also features The Galley Guide by Alex W. Moffat (Kennedy Bros., Inc., Third Edition, 1936); Motor Boats - Construction and Operation (Stanton and Van Vliet Co., 1919); Wooden Boat and Ship Building by Richard M. Van Gaasbeek (Frederick J. Drake and Co., 1941); and Amateur Boat Building by Michael Verney (The Yachting Monthly Ltd., 1948 reprint). The books are primarily octavo in size, bound in publisher cloth of various colors including blue, green, and tan. Several volumes contain original illustrated dust jackets. Technical contents include numerous black and white photographs of shipyards, engine diagrams such as the Lamb Engine reverse clutch, and multiple large, multi-panel fold-out technical plates illustrating keel and hull construction. One volume bears an ownership signature on the flyleaf reading A. W. Tyler. The collection is in mixed condition ranging from fair to good. Several dust jackets are heavily tattered with significant chipping, creasing, and loss at the edges and spine ends. The cloth bindings exhibit typical signs of age including rubbing to the boards, edge wear, and sunning to the spines. Internally, pages show varying degrees of toning and occasional foxing. At least one volume exhibits significant damage and paper loss to the front pastedown and endpaper. Some volumes show evidence of moisture staining to the page edges and boards.