HMS Victory by Alan McGowan - 1999-10-01

London: Chatham Publishing, 1999. hardcover. Very Good. 11x9x1. Dust jacket shows minimal wear with one crease. Pages are crisp and clean with no writing. Binding is tight. See our photo.

Chatham Publishing , 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illustrator: John McKay. Signed by Author. A magnificent study, of importance to students of the Victory and to anyone concerned with preserved or replica wooden ships. 'A mine of reliable information'. Profusely illustrated in colour and black and white. Very clean, tight and sound copy, in similar wrapper. 343 pages, bibliography, index. From the maritime library of the late Dr John Coates, former Chief Naval Architect at the Ministry of Defence and world authority on wooden ship construction - particularly the Greek trireme. WITH a hand written letter from McGowan to Coates presenting this copy to him. There is a signed dedication to Coates on the title page as well. WITH correspondence between Coates and Angela Croome at the Nautical Archaeology Society re Coates reviewing the book, Coates' draft and published review, further notes etc etc. Size: 4to. Illustrator: John McKay. Quantity Available: 1.… Read More