An Account of the Construction and Embellishment of Old Time Ships
by Stevens, John
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- first
- Condition
- spiral bound/very good
- Seller
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Picton, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto, for author, printed by Multicolor Printing Ltd., 1949 Edition: 1st ed. limited to 500 copies, this number 426,: ix, 176 p. ill. drawings, 4 folding plans, and with 39 b/w fine photographic plates, spiral bound, plain textured covers, 23 x 31 cm. Very good.Detailed explanations of plans and construction and how the various design changes evolved. Appendices include "the Principal Dimensions and Scantlings" from the 1789 "Shipbuilders Repository", extracts from Sutherland's 1717 "Shipbuilding Unveil'd", Griffith's 1854 "Treatise on Marine and Naval Architecture". Image is of title page. Heavy requires more postage.
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- Bookseller
- Naval Marine Archive (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 814015
- Title
- An Account of the Construction and Embellishment of Old Time Ships
- Author
- Stevens, John
- Format/Binding
- Book
- Book Condition
- Used - spiral bound
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited edition number 426/500
- Publisher
- author printed by Multicolor Printing Ltd.,
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1949
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Early eighteenth and nineteenth century design and ship building
- Bookseller catalogs
- merchant;
- Size
- 23 x 31
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Naval Marine Archive
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