The Book of the Ship : An Exhaustive Pictorial and Factual Survey of World Ships, Shipping and Shipbuilding
Undated. 322pp plus 46pp adverts. Blue cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on front and spine. Bumped spine ends, wear to covers. Top text block edge sprayed blue. Previous owner's rubber stamp on front free endpaper. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket in two parts. Loss on spine, significant wear, chipping, price unclipped. 4to. Lavishly illustrated survey of ships and shipping data designed as a daily reference for men in the shipping industry and auxiliary trades - divided into 4 sections - The Ship: What She Is; The Ship: What She Does; Other Ships and Other Duties; The Pageant of Shipping. Very good clean hardback illustrated with black and white photographs and line-drawings. .