Published by Cornell Maritime Press, Cambridge, MD, 1955
Seller: Xochi's Bookstore & Gallery, Truth or consequences, NM, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st. 481pp.; HB blue w/white-blue photocovers; some rub w/wear on edges&corners; lt.sun on spine; PONft.endpaper; clean,tight pgs. "Its pictures and words have thousands of stories to tell of how a ship is built and repaired, of life aboard ship, of a ship's complex structure and equipment, of the cargoes and peoples which ships carry. It is all here, a vivid and realistic story of the merchant ship." b/w photos.
Published by Cornell Maritime Press,, Cambridge, MD:, 1955
Seller: Zephyr Used & Rare Books, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Tall 4to. xxv, [3], 481, [3] pp. Frontisp., 100s of photo & text illustrations, diagrams, tables. Illustrated cloth, w/ blue-tinted photos on covers, white lettering (some rubbing, edgewear, minor bumping to corners, slight fraying), still G copy First edition of this well-illustrated and informative reference on different types of merchant vessels, including descriptions of living and working aboard ship; types of merchant ships; ship structures; Handling and stowage of cargo; building and repairing the ships, and more.