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POLAND,Qrto HB+dw/dj,2nd edn.NFINE/VG.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Chipped with closed tears top edges dw/dj, minimal loss.Qrto,214pp,white cloth bds,blind-stamped silhouette tall ship to front.B/w photographs+3 colour plates.Bi-lingual text - Polish and English. History of the three-masted full rigged tall ship 'DAR POMORZA' (GIFT OF POMERANIA) with an epilogue of the similar ship built to replace her -'DAR MLODZIEZY' (GIFT of the YOUNG) at rear.Built in 1909, HAMBURG,to serve as school ship for German merchant navy.After WW1,taken over by France.The Polish government purchased her in 1929 with considerable financial aid of the inhabitants of Pomerania,and refitted her at NAKSOV,Denmark.Polish flag hoisted July 13,1930 and navigated under it for more than fifty years.… Read More