Description

Hardcover, quarto sized volume bound in blue cloth, lettered in gold on spine, in publisher’s non price-clipped dust-jacket. 391 pages. Includes Appendices, Bibliography, Index. Illustrated with numerous black and white photographs and six fold-out double sided diagrams. First edition, stated first printing and full number line. As more and more shipyards were turning to steel construction a newly established firm in Bath, Maine reached the zenith of wooden ship production. “Percy & Small would set unrivaled records for wooden shipbuilding and ship management, launching 22 giant five- and six-masted schooners (along with 16 four-masters) in two decades.” No previous ownership marks. A clean, tight, fresh and unmarked copy, near like new. Fine in a near fine dust-jacket. A heavy boo, Priority and International orders will require additional postage, charged at actual cost.