American Small Sailing Craft: Their Design, Development and Construction

Chapelle, Howard I.

ISBN 10: 0393031438 / ISBN 13: 9780393031430

Published by W. W. Norton & Company, New York, New York, 1951

About this Item

1951, First Edition Condition: Fine Dust Jacket: Fine Blue cloth boards, all edges and text block are clean, unmarked and tightly bound. Gilt lettering is bright. Dust jacket is clean, unmarked and whole. Dust jacket is price clipped. Covers traditional American sailing craft, their development, design & construction. Many technical illustrations. Wrapped in mylar.

Seller Inventory # NT-CHA-0008

Bibliographic Details

• Title: American Small Sailing Craft: Their Design, Development and Construction
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, New York, New York
• Publication Date: 1951
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0393031438
• ISBN 13: 9780393031430
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Nautical

About this title

Synopsis

From the author of Yacht Designing and Planning and Boatbuilding: the definitive history and survey of the great classic American small sailing craft.

American Small Sailing Craft (originally published 1951) is considered the classic among small-boat builders and historians. In it Chapelle has documented many fast-vanishing working boats, making this the authoritative history of a passing maritime fleet. Illustrated throughout

About the Author

Howard I. Chapelle (1901-1975) was an American naval architect, and curator of maritime history at the Smithsonian Institution. In addition, he authored many books and articles books on maritime history and marine architecture, including Yacht Designing and Planning, Boatbuilding: A Complete Handbook of Wooden Boat Construction, The History of American Sailing Ships,The History of the American Sailing Navy: The Ships and Their Development, American Small Sailing Craft, and many more.