The IYRS Maritime Library has been the fortunate recipient of dozens of older and rare books. A small representative sampling is listed below, click on any title for additional details.

The Frigate Constitution and Other Historic Ships, 1928

Epitome of the Art of Navigation, c.1800

West Made East with the Loss of a Day: A Chronicale of the First Circumnavigation of Globe Under the US Naval Reserve Pennant, July 7, 1931-March 4, 1932

Lloyd’s Register of British & Foreign Ships: Yacht Register, 1897 (Cornelius Vanderbilt’s personal copy, signed and dated in ink– photo above.

The Lawson History of the America’s Cup: A Record of Fifty Years, 1902

The Yachtsman’s Album: Containing Portraits of 240 Yachts Representing All Classes, 1896

Small Yachts: Their Design and Construction Exemplified by the Ruling Types of Modern Practice

American Yachts & Yachting, 1887

The Kedge-Anchor, 1854 (Front cover engraved: “His Excellency Franklin Pierce President of the U.S.