Square Rigged Sailing Ships - **Signed** - 1st/1st

Jacket now protected, signed 'David R Macgregor' to the fep. This comprehensive but compact history of the square rigger sets out to explain to the layman the characteristics and development of the various types of vessel in this large category. Barques, barquentines, ships, brigs, brigantines, and others - including modern schoolships - are covered in individual chapters and there are further chapters on how a square rigger was rigged and handled. The text in each section is accompanied by a rich collection of photographs, prints and plans from the author's extensive personal collection.