American Merchant Ships, 1850 -1900. [Series One and Two.]
Salem: Marine Research Society, 1930-1 Stock Code: 45752![American Merchant Ships, 1850 -1900. [Series One and Two.]](https://d3dzzbbvj9im7s.cloudfront.net/media/catalog/product/cache/f7cdeb73106237ab6554a7d221f94b63/4/5/45752.jpg)
First edition, limited issue 52/97 copies, only 87 being for sale. Handsome set of this important reference work.
Description
2 volumes, quarto, original black cloth back and tips on grey marbled boards, top edges gilt, others uncut, in black sand-grain cloth slipcases.
Illustrations
Coloured frontispiece to Volume I, together with 84 half-tone plates, portraits of ships and captains, Volume II with tissue-guarded half-tone frontispiece and 56 similar plates.
Condition
Slip cases a little rubbed, otherwise very good indeed.
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