First printing 2004. The unclipped dust-jacket is in very good condition with only light shelf-wear. The cloth-covered hardback is also very good apart from light bumping at the corners. Internally the book is very good with sound binding and unmarked pages. The first image is a stock photo. The remainder are of this copy. Because of the weight the book will be sent by courier. Art collector Glen S Foster developed a consummate eye, combining a yachtsman's experience on the water with the instincts of an art connoisseur. Before its breakup upon his death in 1999, Foster's collection of historic American and British yachting and marine art was regarded as one of the finest in the country, and established new auction records when a portion was sold in 2002. Here for the first time is a glimpse of the collection, with descriptions contributed by some of the best historians of marine art today. Over eighty pieces by such artists as J E Buttersworth, Frederic Schiller Cozzens, Fitz Hugh L