The Romance of the Merchant Ship

London - Bombay - Sydney: George G. Harrap & Company Ltd., 1931. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. In this book an attempt is made to present in outline the story of the ship from the beginning. It is a wonderful story of heroic endeavor, and it is closely bound up with the rise and fall of many nations. This comprehensive history of the merchant ship is divided into the following chapters:- Ships of the Ancients - Early Ships in Northern Waters - The Ships of the Explorers - Some Famous Sailing Ships - Types & Rigs of sailing Ships : The Coming of the Steamship - Early Steamship-Building in Great Britain - The First Steamship Crossing of the Atlantic - The Coming of the Iron Ship - Transatlantic Liners of Today - Some Modern Liners and their Owners - The Modern Marine Engine - Motor & Electrically Propelled Ships - Cargo & Oil Tankers - Refrigerator & Other Vessels - The Building of a Ship - Launching & Fitting the Ship - How a Ship is navigated. Very well illustrated (40 plates including a coloured plate of the interior of the 'Aquitania' and 70 illustrations in the text). There is foxing on the title pages and on some other pages. A few spots of soil on the spine and hardcover. 8vo.