Cherish the Sea a History Of Sail

New York: The Viking Press., 1956. xi, 348pp, glossary, bw plates, num bw text ills. Or grey/green cloth in jacket. Minor edge wear to jacket-not price clipped. Follows the history of navigation from the Egyptians on down, covering each of the seafaring nations characterized in terms of its nautical ability and ship building inventiveness. Typical ships of each are described,… Read more about this item

Sidgwick and Jackson London 1955. Vg/G (clean unclipped dj with light edgewear and very minor loss top of spine, clean dark blue cloth with bright gilt titles on spine, no marks or inscriptions, a very clean tight copy) octavo 348pp. First this translation. The history of the building and use of ships, packed with anecdotes, out-of-the way facts… Read more about this item