Descrizione

First edition. The original first issue English sheets with a title-page printed for Mr. Lauriat. Both issues were released by the publisher at the same time. With a profusion of illustrations, photographs and plans, some folding. Royal 8vo, publisher’s original bright royal blue cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and decorated in blind on the upper cover, with beautifully decorated cartographic end-papers, t.e.g. xvi, 285 including the appendix and index pp. A good reading copy, the text is fresh and bright, the binding still handsome though with some minor staining and wear, front hinge is started and lacking the frontispiece.

Edizione: whether your looking for barquentines, schooners or ketches, hove down or bristol shape, from honolulu to south street, this well illustrated book covers all aspects of american sailing in its final days before obedient steam would sweep these great ladies off of our oceans forever. authored by one of the greatest of all writers of naval history.