LAST OF THE SQUARE-RIGGED SHIPS

Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition. Signed Ephemera. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Full-bound blue cloth, orange titles and embossed accents, 74 illustrations. Association copy with the following note dated 05/16/84 laid-in; "Dear David, The publisher of this book is the son of two old friends of your grandmother Blanche and grandfather Charles Shaw. They were the Coltons; Mrs. Colton was Mary Ferrell who went on the British Columbia science trips with the Shaws. I wonder if Dad ever read this book, I know I did not, and as I look at it now it stirs memories of what Grandma Holt used to tell of her early days living on the coast of Norway. Her father was a man of the sea too, and she loved sailing on it when she was a girl. Mother. HS." Also laid-in is a Christmas card with a photogravure of ship rigging pasted on the front and inscribed and signed inside; "With very best wishes, Ferrell." Minute wear at extremities, light spotting to boards, mild bleaching to spine, dj has mild to moderate wear and chipping at extremities, lightly tanned spine, mild soiling rear panel, in protective Mylar covers.…