Smock Jack (12 results)

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Jack White, Nell Stolp Smock, Charlotte Becker, Connie Moran, and Jack Merryweather (illustrator). Reprint. Yellow and green covers. Color illust. 255 pages. Owners name sticker on fep. otherwise int. good. Spine slightly worn at ends. Slight shelf wear.

Paperback. Demy folio, [27.75cm/11inches], paperbound with pictorial covers, pp. 48. Fully illustrated with b-w halftones. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. The Transpacific Yacht Race is an offshore yacht race starting off the Pt. Fermin buoy in San Pedro, California and ending off Diamond Head in Hawaii, a distance of around 2,225 nautical miles. Started in 1906 by Clarence W. Macfarlane and hosted by Los Angeles Yacht Club, it is one of yachting's premier offshore races and attracts entrants from all over the world. The race is organized by the Transpacific Yacht Club. In exceptionally good condition.

Paperback. First Impression. Demy folio, [27.75cm/11inches], paperbound with pictorial covers, pp. 52. Fully illustrated with b-w halftones. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. The Transpacific Yacht Race is an offshore yacht race starting off the Pt. Fermin buoy in San Pedro, California and ending off Diamond Head in Hawaii, a distance of around 2,225 nautical miles. Started in 1906 by Clarence W. Macfarlane and hosted by Los Angeles Yacht Club, it is one of yachting's premier offshore races and attracts entrants from all over the world. The race is organized by the Transpacific Yacht Club. In exceptionally good condition.

Comic. 48p., 8x10.5 inches, text in English, b&w comic on newsprint guts, very good first edition in stapled color pictorial wraps. Comic book-style revision of the Columbus story, emphasizing rapacious greed and destruction of native culture.

Paperback. Condition: Good. 1982 first edition, Transpacific Yacht Club / Maritime Museum Association of San Diego (San Diego, California), 8 3/8 x 10 3/4 inches tall paperbound in grey printed covers, illustrated with black-and-white photographs, [6], 48 pp. Moderate foxing and staining to covers and page edges. Very slight foxing to half title page and very slight staining to copyright and acknowledgement pages. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this scarce review of the 1981 race. ~G~ The Transpacific Yacht Race (Transpac) is an offshore yacht race starting off the Pt. Fermin buoy in San Pedro, California and ending off Diamond Head in Hawaii, a distance of around 2,225 nautical miles. Started in 1906 by Clarence W. Macfarlane and hosted by Los Angeles Yacht Club, it is one of yachting's premier offshore races and attracts entrants from all over the world. The race is organized by the Transpacific Yacht Club. The race is famous for fast downwind sailing under spinnaker in the trade winds. The Barn Door Trophy is awarded each race for the Fastest Monohull Elapsed Time in the race. It was originally called the 'First to Finish' Trophy. Since 2009, it has been restricted to manual power only sailing yachts. In 1981, the winner was Merlin Nick Frazee with a time of 8:11:02:31.

Paperback. Demy folio, [27.75cm/11inches], paperbound with pictorial covers, pp. 48. Fully illustrated with b-w halftones. Please Feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional snapshots. In exceptionally good condition.

Paperback. Demy folio, [27.75cm/11inches], paperbound with pictorial covers, pp. 52. Fully illustrated with b-w halftones. Please Feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional snapshots. In exceptionally good condition.

Condition: Good. 1983 first edition, Transpacific Yacht Club / Maritime Museum Association of San Diego (San Diego, California), 8 3/8 x 10 3/4 inches tall paperbound in grey printed covers, illustrated with black-and-white photographs, 52 pp. Moderate marginal sun fading and edgewear to covers. Very slight bumping to upper tip of rear cover. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this scarce review of the 1983 race. ~G~ The Transpacific Yacht Race (Transpac) is an offshore yacht race starting off the Pt. Fermin buoy in San Pedro, California and ending off Diamond Head in Hawaii, a distance of around 2,225 nautical miles. Started in 1906 by Clarence W. Macfarlane and hosted by Los Angeles Yacht Club, it is one of yachting's premier offshore races and attracts entrants from all over the world. The race is organized by the Transpacific Yacht Club. The race is famous for fast downwind sailing under spinnaker in the trade winds. The Barn Door Trophy is awarded each race for the Fastest Monohull Elapsed Time in the race. It was originally called the 'First to Finish' Trophy. Since 2009, it has been restricted to manual power only sailing yachts. In 1983, the winner was Charley Nolan K. Bushnell with a time of 9:01:53:48.

Hardcover. Condition: Collectible Fine. No Jacket. Shipped from the Calico Cat Bookshop, a brick and mortar bookshop established in 1975.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Dust jacket missing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Binding and pages are intact. All pages are free from any markings. Light scuffing and bumping visible to boards. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. A clean, crisp full-leather, limited edition (#47/50) hardcover in very good condition; faint shelf wear, faded gilt decoration and lettering at spine. SIGNED by both the author and designed, Ward Ritchie. NOTE: Oversize volume; no priority or overseas Amazon orders.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Book is in good condition with moderate wear to the edges and spine. There is a dime sizerd white mark on the spine and all the corners have been bumped. The page edges have a moderate amount of smudging and scattered staining. There is also moderate foxing on the pages as well. The binding has been cracked in a couple of places, but all the pages are solid and secure. Overall it is presentable and the binding is solid with clean pages.