Sailing Ships: The Story of their Development from the Earliest Times to the Present Day

PHOTOS
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PUBLISHER
Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd. London.

BINDING
Blue cloth boards with gilt design and inset coloured painting. Gilt block to top page edges. 

BOOK CONDITION
Boards have some general shelf wear. Hinges a little weak with some splitting, but binding secure. Browning to outer page edges. Printed pages and illustrations remain largely clear. Previous owners library sticker and inscription on endpaper.

DUST JACKET
No. 

EDITION
Believed first edition 1909.

DESCRIPTION
Illustrated with 125 black and white reproductions of paintings, photographs and drawings. Nine fold out plans of vessels at the end of the volume. Coloured frontispiece painting. Decorated chapter headings. Errata slip. 362 pp. 8vo.

SYNOPSIS
A lengthy Illustrated history of sailing ships, from ancient Egypt to the most modern racing yachts at the time of publication.