1st limited edition of 1750 copies (unnumbered copy). VIII, 80 PP with 3 head-pieces, 1 tail-piece and 22 drawings, plus 124 b/w plates with 139 illustrations (9 of the plates with tissue guard). Fp (in colour): Flemish Carrack (circa 1450). Original gilt decorated cloth cover has light wear gilt title on front and spine, top edge gilt. Endpapers repaired at fold. Head and foot of spine repaired. Light foxing on some of the non glossy paper plates, and both endpapers and a little foxing on outside page edges. Still a nice copy of the scarce first edition. 32 x 26. Contents include: The growth of the Ship-Modeller's Art, with drawings by the author, the Development of Square-Rigged Ships, Notes on the models illustrated (124). Seller Inventory # 44271

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Title: SAILING-SHIP MODELS - A Selection from ...

Publisher: Halton and Truscott Smith. London. .

Publication Date: 1924

Binding: Hardcover

Edition: 1st Edition

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Maritime specialist bookseller and books on the French-speaking islands of the Pacific and Indian Ocean. Regular catalogues issued. Member of ANZAAB and ILAB.

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