The Adventure Of Sail, 1520-1914

London: Ferndale, 1979. First printing of this edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Landscape 4to (252 x 310mm). Pp 256 with b&w illustrations throughout and 32pp colour plates. Blue cloth boards stamped in blue on the spine and blind stamped on the upper panel. A clean, unmarked copy in a tight binding and price-clipped dust jacket.… Read more about this item

New York: Random House. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1970. First American Edition. Hardcover. Stated First American Edition, copyright page. A history of the four centuries of wind-powered ships by Captain Donald Macintyre, accompanied by a selection of period writings from 1520 to 1914 by the likes of Sir Francis Drake, Captain James Cook, Joseph Conrad… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1970. 255pp. 44 color plates and 305 monochrome illustrations. a historical record covering four centuries of the sailing ship era. DJ hasseveral tears. Text clean.. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall (oblong).

Ferndale Editions 1979. hardcover oblong quarto (VG) d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

Paul Elek, 1975. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.