All about ships: And the way to make models of them. How to get a ship and go to sea. The life and duties of a sailor from cabin boy to a captain . also A dictionary of modern sea terms

Captain Charles Chapman

Published by Sold by Charles Wilson . and by the Author, London, 1869

About this Item

Attractive stipple cloth, binding relaxed and general rubbing to boards, text block has one loosening signature and a few loosening pages, cracking in the gutter in a couple of places, scrim still sound where visible. pages generally clean with several fold-out charts, green with blind embossed keylines, gilt lettering and picture of a ship on front board. 398pp, 43pp of illustrations, and 68pp "Dictionary of Sea Terms" by author, 3 fold-out large charts at rear, diagrams and cross sections of a sailing ship. The charts are mis-folded in a few places with dusty and darkened edges, the odd tear, generally nice for age. Size: 8vo.

Seller Inventory # L3106

Bibliographic Details

• Title: All about ships: And the way to make models of them. How to get a ship and go to sea. The life and duties of a sailor from cabin boy to a captain . also A dictionary of modern sea terms
• Publisher: Sold by Charles Wilson . and by the Author, London
• Publication Date: 1869
• Binding: Green Cloth
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No dj
• Seller catalogs:
  • Nautical
  • Ships