Published by Cornell Maritime Press, 1968
Seller: Boomer's Books, Weare, NH, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Second Edition. A tightly bound copy in pictorial covered boards. PON on pages edges in blue ink, and ffep adn front pastedown. Pages just startign to ellow at extremeties. Unmarked and clean text block.
Published by Cornell Maritime Press,, Cambridge, MD:, 1955
Seller: Zephyr Used & Rare Books, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Tall 4to. xxv, [3], 481, [3] pp. Frontisp., 100s of photo & text illustrations, diagrams, tables. Illustrated cloth, w/ blue-tinted photos on covers, white lettering (some rubbing, edgewear, minor bumping to corners, slight fraying), still G copy First edition of this well-illustrated and informative reference on different types of merchant vessels, including descriptions of living and working aboard ship; types of merchant ships; ship structures; Handling and stowage of cargo; building and repairing the ships, and more.