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Being some account of the ultimate development of the ocean-going square-rigged sailing vessel, and the manner of her handling, her voyage-making, her personnel, her economics, her performance and her end.
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- PublisherScribner
- Publication date1981
- ISBN 10 0684170205
- ISBN 13 9780684170206
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
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The Way of a Ship (Hudson River Edition)
Seller: River House Books, San Antonio, TX, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Special Edition. Hardcover Cloth 429 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. Hudson River Reprint edition second printing 1981. Elegant blue boards and silver embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear. Top edge spotted. An unclipped dust jacket smooth and clean is discolored with age shoing slight shelf wear - a few wrinkles and chips. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy. Magnificent book about the square-rigged sailing ships that once plied the oceans with their cargos of tea, timber, pianos, guano, salpeter, and whatnot. The sails and rigging are given a detailed look, with excellent diagrams showing the names and positions of the various pieces and discussion of how the parts worked together to form a superior sailing machine. Apart from the technical aspects, Villiers also examines the economical side - value of cargos, wages of the hands, and so on. Coal replaced sail because it became cheaper and more reliable than sail by gradual but relentless progress. The book also contains many an anecdote of life on board, of life in the days "when the ships were made of wood and the men were made of steel" Alan Villiers was an Australian who had won considerable fame for himself as a result of his voyages in sailing-ships. Mr. Villiers preferred the excitement and the danger of small sailing-ships to the comfort and the safety of the modern ship. Seller Inventory # 657294
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The Way of a Ship
Seller: ThriftBooksVintage, Tukwila, WA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Dust jacket in acceptable condition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Inscription to front end page. Wear and tear to dust jacket, now wrapped in protective sleeve. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 0.25. Seller Inventory # 1567230368
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ISBN 10: 0684170205
ISBN 13: 9780684170206
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Seller: ThriftBooksVintage, Tukwila, WA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Dust jacket in good condition. First edition THUS. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. An excellent copy, gently worn; Pages free of markings; Jacket housed in protective mylar; Secure packaging for safe delivery. 0.25. Seller Inventory # 736088538
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hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!. Seller Inventory # S_267684055
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