Merchant Ships British Built 1952

232pp including a preface by the publishers, acknowledgements, contents and various advertisements. The blue boards have gilt lettering on the spine and a motif of a signal flag in a circle in gilt, which is replicated on the front. The dust jacket is complete, showing black and white photographs of ships, it is worn along the top and has a couple of short tears. The text is clean and unmarked except on the title page which has been signed by the authors, it is a first edition, and includes black and white photographs, blue prints, tables and lists giving information about tonnage, statistics etc. It is a tight and collectable copy.