Sailing Ships and Sailing Craft (Hamlyn all-colour paperbacks, general information) by Goldsmith-Carter, George - 1969-08-01

SOFTBACK ?HAMLYN ALL-COLOUR PAPERBACK? SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1969* Publisher: Hamlyn Publishing* Binding and cover condition: Colour illustrated soft card covers with slight differences to that shown, no mention of Hamlyn to top of front cover, red logo also different not showing an ?H?, no bumps or rubs. Minimal shelf wear to edges & corners, no creases to spine or hinge. Spine very slightly cocked. VG+* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY, Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, marks or inscriptions. No tanning or other visible faults. VG++* Illustrations: Colour illustrations & line drawings throughout.* Pages: 155 pp. text. vi pp. Reading list, index & advertisements at rear.* Product Description:- The sailing craft of Ancient Egypt, the balsa rafts of Lake Titicaca in Peru, the folk boats of the Orient, the superb ships of the line which won Trafalgar, from the primitive beginnings of sail to the mountainous iron and steam ships of the nineteenth century, this book charts every major development in the story of man?s attempts to sail the oceans, to carry goods faster than his neighbour, to outmanoeuvre and sink his enemy. Altogether a handy and interesting book to have about you whenever you have a need to look for an answer in this field.* This is a NEAR FINE copy of the 1st./1st. with minimal shelf wear reducing it to VG++*