The Big Book of Sailing: The Sailors, the Ships, and the Sea (published first as: 'Das grosse Buch vom Segelin--Manner, Yachten, und die See') by Grube, Frank (Edited by), and Richter, Gerhard (Edited by) - 1979

Woodbury NY.: Barron's Educational Series., 1979. 1st English language edition. 1978 German edition.. Hard cover. Fine in very good dust jacket. Price clipped. Routine cover surface wear, rubbing. Overlapping, folded, horizontal jacket edges enhance durability.. Domizlaff, Svante (Photos by), and Mertes, Harald (Photos by).. 1 First edition. Blue cloth over boards. Silver titles. 307 p. 10.5x13.75in. Indexes. Maps. Color photos. Line art. Oversized text for easy reading. Audience: General/trade. This is a beautiful book, well-designed, with very good quality materials, with numerous contributing authors, including the photographers, and many who have been central to international races and other adventuring. Appendix: 'The Birth of a Yacht' by Roderick Stephens Jr; Glossary of Sailing Terms; Single-handed Sailors, A Chronology; The Races; The Authors.