Collection of Three Iconic Surfing Books

Item Number: 255
Time Left: CLOSED


Description
1965 Petersen's Surfing Yearbook #2, Zero Break, and The History of Surfing
1965 Petersen's Surfing Yearbook #2 is a highly collectible vintage publication, with more than 1000 photos, in addition to surfer profiles, cartoons, surf fiction.
Zero Break, An Illustrated Collection of Surf Writing by Matt Warshaw is a definitive, hip, and eclectic anthology of the best-ever writing about surfing, including contributions by R. Crumb, Daniel Duane, William Finnegan, Rick Griffin, Frederick Kohner, Jack London, Herman Melville, Susan Orlean, Charles Schultz, Mark Twain, and Tom Wolfe. Salon says Warshaw, also the author of The Encyclopedia of Surfing, is "a passionate storyteller with a thirst for the richest details and a knack for bringing soul and character into each biography or bit of lingo."
History of Surfing by Nat Young contains rare, never-before-published reproductions of early Hawaiian and Australian surfing, as well as the work of some of the world's best surf photographers. According to The Los Angeles Times, "this book suits both surfers, historians and beachgoers alike."