American Ship Models and How to Build Them by Grimwood, V.R - 1942

New York: W.W. Norton & Co.. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1942. Hardcover. Blue cloth hardback with the original dust jacket. 187 pages [colophon]. Illustrated. 12 complete working plans especially drawn for model building with 14 plates most fold out; intext figures and full page diagrams. There is an extensive glossary and index. "The plans are drawn from those of the original builders or from measurements of existing craft, showing all the necessary details for creating highly accurate scale models. Starting with the construction of a half-hull ship model, the book advances to the building of a whole-hull model and replicas of twelve different American sailing vessels, with separate chapters on rigging, gear and furniture, and tools and materials."; tall 8vo 9" - 10" tall .