Celebration of Sail by Roy Cross - March 1, 2005

.Fine Book and Very Good+ wrapper.
large format hardback [29x31cm]. 128 pages. very good condition in the dust-jacket. with a wealth of colour plates depicting men-of-war, merchant sail, clippers, racing yachts, etc.
Fine Book and Very Good+ wrapper - slight rubbing to wrapper edges only.
First edition, pp 128, b&w and colour illustrations throughout. This beautiful book features paintings by one of the foremost marine painters working today. Over more than thirty years Roy Cross has created a volume of work celebrating the peak of the development of the naval and merchant sailing vessel, for the late eighteenth to the late nineteenth centuries. This book is the first review of Roy's marine paintings to be published. Dozens of his best paintings are showcased in full colour and accompanied by detailed captions giving historical information on each of the vessels featured. T
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