(NEW YORK CITY) Constitution for the Government of the New Y

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(NEW YORK CITY.) Constitution for the Government of the New-York Yacht Club. Folding two-color plate. 54 pages. 12mo, contemporary limp cloth wrappers stamped in gilt; minor dampstaining and foxing. New York, 1859

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An early production of the New York Yacht Club, founded in 1844, and just a few years into its celebrated 132-year unbeaten streak in the America's Cup. Includes a full membership list; among the members were August Belmont, publisher James Gordon Bennett Jr., two Astors, and John Carter Brown. The plate shows the "Private Signals of Yachts Belonging to the New York Yacht Club, 1859."