1895 BRITISH YACHTING / AMERICAS CUP CHALLENGER VALKYRIE III VOLUME OF PHOTOS
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Very rare and wonderful, 1895 Volume of Photographic Plates of Important British Sporting Yachts and the America’s Cup Challenger trials titled “Yacht Racing on the Clyde” / “Season of 1895” / "Reproduced From Photographs Specially Taken By Maclure, Macdonald & Co.”. Glasgow, 1895. This very rare Volume contains 60 exceptionally high quality, full page, heliotype style photographic images of some of the finest British Yachts with numerous views of the 1895 America’s C...up Challenger Valkyrie III.
This outstanding Volume measures approx. 15” by 10 1/2” and begins with a listing of the Clyde Yacht Clubs and an index of the 60 Yachts pictured in the Volume. The following 60 leaves are printed on a high quality, heavy weight paper stock with a single Yacht Portrait per leaf printed on one side only. The Photographs capture each ship under full sail often cutting through the water at great speed. These are the great yachts of Yachting’s Golden Age which are made all the more impressive by the outstanding artistry of the photographer.
There are 7 plates depicting the 1895 America’s Cup Challenger Valkyrie III and three picturing the legendary Yacht Britannia.
The Volume is bound in its original, gilt lettered, textured and stamped brown cloth. The binding is tight, sound and intact with light edge wear. The Spine has been professionally repaired a long time ago retaining the original back strip which is backed with binder’s cloth. The interior text pages are complete, tight and well preserved with some light, uniform age toning and with some soiling to the free end papers. The photographic plates are printed on heavy weight, high quality stock and the printing process is of the very highest quality. All plates are present and exceptionally well preserved - clean and crisp with no tears, repairs or physical damage of any kind. The Plates are stunningly beautiful and each would make a simply outstanding display with a quality matting and framing.
A very rare, beautiful and historically important Volume of British Yachting Images including views of the 1895 America’s Cup Challenger Valkyrie III and a fantastic addition to collection!!! Overseas shipping is extra and cost will be quoted at bidders request. Massachusetts residents must add 6.25% sales tax. Please check out other early and interesting items offered by this seller on ebay. Click Here to See Our Items We Have for Sale in the eBay Gallery and Click Here to Add Us To Your Favorite Sellers List.
Important Notes about Shipping Charges: The amount quoted for Shipping & Handling is calculated by eBay and is equal to the EXACT amount charged by the Post Office plus a $1.00 "packing fee" - the $1.00 fee is our only compensation for the virgin packing materials we use on all of our professionally packaged boxes as well as our cost for the salaried help that does most of our packing - as I am sure you can see, we make NO profit on the Shipping charges and, in fact, our costs are usually greater than the $1.00 fee. Please contact us if there are any issues regarding the cost of shipping.ATTENTION FRIENDS!!!We are pleased to announce the start up of a second weekly auction by WALNUTTS-2.0!!! The next generation of NUTS have decided to take a crack at listing some of the hundreds of items that we have accumulated over the past 38 years.Click Here to See What WALNUTTS-2.0 is Offering in this week’s Ebay Auction!! Rest assured that WALNUTTS2 will be offering the same high standard of customer service and 100% unconditional satisfaction guarantee that you have found here in our weekly auctions. The "young'uns" will be starting off slow as they learn the ropes but we ask that you support them as you have supported us over the past 21+ years!!
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This outstanding Volume measures approx. 15” by 10 1/2” and begins with a listing of the Clyde Yacht Clubs and an index of the 60 Yachts pictured in the Volume. The following 60 leaves are printed on a high quality, heavy weight paper stock with a single Yacht Portrait per leaf printed on one side only. The Photographs capture each ship under full sail often cutting through the water at great speed. These are the great yachts of Yachting’s Golden Age which are made all the more impressive by the outstanding artistry of the photographer.
There are 7 plates depicting the 1895 America’s Cup Challenger Valkyrie III and three picturing the legendary Yacht Britannia.
The Volume is bound in its original, gilt lettered, textured and stamped brown cloth. The binding is tight, sound and intact with light edge wear. The Spine has been professionally repaired a long time ago retaining the original back strip which is backed with binder’s cloth. The interior text pages are complete, tight and well preserved with some light, uniform age toning and with some soiling to the free end papers. The photographic plates are printed on heavy weight, high quality stock and the printing process is of the very highest quality. All plates are present and exceptionally well preserved - clean and crisp with no tears, repairs or physical damage of any kind. The Plates are stunningly beautiful and each would make a simply outstanding display with a quality matting and framing.
A very rare, beautiful and historically important Volume of British Yachting Images including views of the 1895 America’s Cup Challenger Valkyrie III and a fantastic addition to collection!!! Overseas shipping is extra and cost will be quoted at bidders request. Massachusetts residents must add 6.25% sales tax. Please check out other early and interesting items offered by this seller on ebay. Click Here to See Our Items We Have for Sale in the eBay Gallery and Click Here to Add Us To Your Favorite Sellers List.
Important Notes about Shipping Charges: The amount quoted for Shipping & Handling is calculated by eBay and is equal to the EXACT amount charged by the Post Office plus a $1.00 "packing fee" - the $1.00 fee is our only compensation for the virgin packing materials we use on all of our professionally packaged boxes as well as our cost for the salaried help that does most of our packing - as I am sure you can see, we make NO profit on the Shipping charges and, in fact, our costs are usually greater than the $1.00 fee. Please contact us if there are any issues regarding the cost of shipping.ATTENTION FRIENDS!!!We are pleased to announce the start up of a second weekly auction by WALNUTTS-2.0!!! The next generation of NUTS have decided to take a crack at listing some of the hundreds of items that we have accumulated over the past 38 years.Click Here to See What WALNUTTS-2.0 is Offering in this week’s Ebay Auction!! Rest assured that WALNUTTS2 will be offering the same high standard of customer service and 100% unconditional satisfaction guarantee that you have found here in our weekly auctions. The "young'uns" will be starting off slow as they learn the ropes but we ask that you support them as you have supported us over the past 21+ years!!
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