First thus. 90pp, followed by 37 plate illustrations. Laminated, illustrated stiff card covers. 4to. Covers have a little edge wear, extreme corners curling a little and slightly shelf worn. There's a little rubbing on extreme corners internally, and one corner crease on last leaf, else neat, clean, bright and tight.
This study meticulously describes and illustrates improvements in seafaring equipment up to 1849 - an unabridged republication of the volume first published by the Ship Model Society - providing a valuable resource for ship model builders, naval historians and armchair sailors.