Description
The Lore of Ships is a distinguished work which comes out of the international co-operation between maritime specialists in Sweden, the United States, Denmark, Finland, Great Britain, Holland, Norway, and Germany. This magnificent volume explains and illustrates all of the significant components of sailing ships, merchantmen, liners – every kind of ship from primitive dugouts to the nuclear warships of the present. It contains more than 1,550 illustrations of diverse nautical details – more than any previous work – in the form of drawings printed in a total of seventeen different colors, including gold.
Item Condition: Used Good. 1975 revised edition. Dust jacket has some wear and large tears along the sides. Hardcover has some minor wear along the sides, scuffs and marks. Spine has some wear on the top and bottom. Pages are clean and the binding is secure.
