The Art Of Rigging, An Explanation of Terms and Phrases and The Progressive Method of Rigging Expressly Adapted for Sailing Ships

1925 1st edition of the revision by Capt. Biddlecombe of an 1848 work by Charles Wilson. Hardback bound in green cloth with gilt lettering on the spine, in original dust wrapper. In very good condition, dust wrapper clipped, aged, particularly on spine, corners and edges rubbed, extensive old reinforcements and repairs to loss on inside and outside of wrapper, some slight foxing on endpapers only, otherwise tight and clean. Attractive owners bookplate for Thomas Burton Gabriel, with inscribed date March 1925. Xixpp with Preface and Introduction by Capt. Ernest H Pentecost RNR, 153pp including 17 black and white plates and extensive tables.