Great Classic Sailing Ships
by Giggal, Kenneth
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine Condition
- ISBN 10
- 1851525696
- ISBN 13
- 9781851525690
- Seller
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Yungaburra, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
Chancellor Press, 1994. First edition by this publisher. Hardcover (Printed Boards). Near Fine Condition. A4 (300 x 210mm approx.). de Vries. Cornelis. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting No foxing in this copy All edges clean, neat and free of foxing This book presents forty of the world's most famous sailing ships, with original paintings by the celebrated Dutch artist Cornelis de Vries. De Vries' ship portraits are exquisitely detailed; whenever possible, he works form archive collections of original shipbuilder's designs. Most of the ships included here were built between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries, when these ships played a vitally important part in the lives of nations and men. The text provides details on each ship. Numerous colour illustrations
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Details
- Bookseller
- Spencer and Murphy Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 53331
- Title
- Great Classic Sailing Ships
- Author
- Giggal, Kenneth
- Illustrator
- de Vries. Cornelis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Printed Boards)
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition by this publisher
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1851525696
- ISBN 13
- 9781851525690
- Publisher
- Chancellor Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1994
- Pages
- 128
- Keywords
- Sailing Ships sailing ships, sail, shipbuilders, explorers, Columbus, Magellan
- X weight
- 1000.000 kg
- Size
- A4 (300 x 210mm approx.)
Terms of Sale
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