Synopsis
Relying on his own experience in the U.S. Navy and consulting his contemporaries in the maritime profession, midshipman John Murphy published this book to provide an accurate portrait of a ship's rigging and spars (masts or yardarms supporting or extending a ship's sail). An important book in maritime history, the study describes every improvement made in seafaring equipment up to 1849.
The thorough text is accompanied by more than 200 clear illustrations and diagrams of period equipment that cover everything from anchors, bowlines, bobstays, booms, lift blocks, and cat-head stoppers, to a flying jib, jackstays, top-gallant rigging, halliards, nippers, and topsail buntlines.
An authentic look at the nautical world of the mid-nineteenth century, Spars and Rigging is an ideal reference for ship model builders, naval historians, and armchair sailors.
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Spars and Rigging from Nautical Routine, 1849
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Dover Publications, New York, NY, USA, 2003
ISBN 10: 048642989X
ISBN 13: 9780486429892
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Softcover. Condition: Good. 1st Thus. First thus. 90pp, followed by 37 plate illustrations. Laminated, illustrated stiff card covers. 4to. Covers have a little edge wear, extreme corners curling a little and slightly shelf worn. There's a little rubbing on extreme corners internally, and one corner crease on last leaf, else neat, clean, bright and tight. This study meticulously describes and illustrates improvements in seafaring equipment up to 1849 - an unabridged republication of the volume first published by the Ship Model Society - providing a valuable resource for ship model builders, naval historians and armchair sailors. Seller Inventory # 037303
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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. This book is clean and unmarked in near fine condition. Slightly corrected and unabridged republication of 1933 original. 89 pages plus plates. Seller Inventory # 016314
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Paperback. Condition: new. Excellent Condition.Excels in customer satisfaction, prompt replies, and quality checks. Seller Inventory # Scanned048642989X