Connett Eugene V. (edited by) Sherman Hoyt: Sherman Hoyts Memoirs

New York: D. Van Nostrand Company Inc. 1950. Unknown edition. Hardcover. Good +/poor. top front/rear fore corner bump carries through to all pages cloth on front board faded near top edge from fore corner to spine lettering on spine clean cloth curled at spine top/bottom owner bookplate on front paste down small name and date on flyleaf with bookseller pencil notations next leafs yellowed throughout nicely illustrated with photographs index 348 pages. Dust jacket has missing pieces at spine top spine mid section and bottom chipping along bottom edge missing at front top fore corner faded along entire top edge publisher price intact on front inner fold inner folds have no other information in plastic. Hoyt started life looking at the model yachts at the New York Yacht Club as a boy. He spent years in boatyards and traveling abroad started ocean yacht racing in some of the worlds earliest and most prestige races and concluded his journey post war years.