Isbn: 9780245519642 - Fast Sailing Ships: Their Design and Construction, 1775-1875 (10 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition of David R. MacGregor's classic study of fast sailing ships and the development of sailing ship design and construction between 1775 and 1875. Foreword by Howard I. Chapelle. Includes numerous illustrations, technical drawings and ship plans, with plans drawn by the author and additional drawings by T. W. Ward, J. Henderson and others. Contents cover early fast ships, clipper ship development, the Aberdeen bow, the progress of shipbuilding, clipper ship boom and later clippers. Includes appendices, bibliography and index. Printed in Switzerland. ISBN 0245519645. Condition: Fair. Complete hardcover first edition. The text block and pages are generally clean and readable, with the binding intact. The cloth-covered boards show significant wear, including staining/water damage and areas of loss to the cloth along the right edge of the front cover. Spine is complete but worn. No dust jacket present. Please see photographs for the exact condition.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Tears, scuffing and creases on jacket. with plans drawn by David R. MacGregor, additional drawings by T.W. Ward, J. Henderson and others (illustrator).

1st edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper (price-clipped), now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 314 pages : illustrations (part coloured) ; 31 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-295) and index. Subjects; Sailing ships Design and construction History 18th century. Sailing ships Design and construction History 19th century. Shipbuilding History 18th century. Shipbuilding History 19th century. Sailing vessels construction, 1775-1875. 1 Kg.…

1st edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper (price-clipped), now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 314 pages : illustrations (part coloured) ; 31 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-295) and index. Subjects; Sailing ships Design and construction History 18th century. Sailing ships Design and construction History 19th century. Shipbuilding History 18th century. Shipbuilding History 19th century. Sailing vessels construction, 1775-1875. 1 Kg.…

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. This copy is in fine, unmarked condition bound in brown cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine and gilt ship design to the upper board. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. The unclipped dustwrapper has some mild edge wear so best described as very good condition. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. This large illustrated book weighs in at 2.75 Kgs. From a massive corpus of raw material, the author traces the development of merchant ships, from the small smacks to the great wood clippers. He describes the economic and legal influences on their design, the effects of the changing materials from wood through composite construction to iron and steel, and the changing roles of the builders and naval architects. From all this material emerges a fascinating history of the shipping industry as a whole. Fast Sailing Ships received the best book of Sea Award for its important contribution to our knowledge of 19th century maritime history. Ref OO 1.…

Firt Edition. 4to., brown clothbound hardback gilt, with pictorial dust jacket; 314pp, indexed, with illustrations throughout in both b/w and colour. Previous owner's ink name to ffep. Light foxing to edges and endpapers, boards a little damp-affected, sunning to dust jacket, slight wear and creasing to spine ends, priceclipped. VG overall in a Good+ dust jacket. (Shelf 86) ISBN: 0245519645 PLEASE NOTE: VERY HEAVY BOOK (2.7 kg+) Postage rates vary according to destination, weight and speed. For an accurate overseas quote PLEASE either call or email us before ordering. [AbeBooks shipping quote is based on items weighing up to 1 kilo only]. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.…

First Edition. Physical description: 314 pages illustrations (some colour) 31 cm. Subjects: Shipbuilding History 18th century. Shipbuilding History 19th century. Sailing ships Design and construction. Genre: History. Language: English. Physical description: 314 pages illustrations (some colour) 31 cm. Subjects: Shipbuilding History 18th century. Shipbuilding History 19th century. Sailing ships Design and construction. Genre: History. Language: English. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Physical description: 314 pages illustrations (some colour) 31 cm. Subjects: Shipbuilding History 18th century. Shipbuilding History 19th century. Sailing ships Design and construction. Genre: History. Language: English. Physical description: 314 pages illustrations (some colour) 31 cm. Subjects: Shipbuilding History 18th century. Shipbuilding History 19th century. Sailing ships Design and construction. Genre: History. Language: English. 1 Kg.…

1st UK edition. Foreword by Howard I. Chapelle. 314 PP with 274 b/w illustrations (including 4 folded plates with 8 plans) and 7 colour plates (tipped in). Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Contained in a plain slipcase. A near fine copy. 30 x 26.