The Search For Speed Under Sail, 1700-1855

1967. First Edition. New York, W.W. Norton & Company Inc., 1967. 20 cm x 26.5 cm. 453 pages. Illustrated throughout in black and white. Original Hardcover with original clipped dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Includes for example the following essays: The State of Naval Architecture and Shipbuilding in the Eighteenth… Read more

New York:: W. W. Norton & Company,, [1967].. First edition.. publisher's blue cloth in dust jacket.. Ink owner's signature; otherwise near fine in a jacket with some fading and rubbing to the spine, and a slight smudge to the front panel.. 4to,. Illsutrated..

New York: Bonanza Books, 1968. xiv, 451p., b/w illus., dj.

New York: Bonanza Books. Excellent study of sailing ships from 1700 to 1855 divided into 7 Chapters, Chapter 8 is Conclusions and Comments, Detailed appendix ands Index as well, 451 pages, illustrated with 36 halftones, 120 text plates and 16 folding plates. Book is near Fine, very clean blue cloth with a touch of wear to edges else Fine, tight… Read more

Bonanza Books, 1967. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: W. W. Norton & Company. VG+/VG. 1967. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Slight spine lean. Minor edgewear to dustjacket (in protective mylar cover). Previous owner's emboss on title page ; Otherwise solid copy ; B&W Illustrations and fold-out schematics; 8x10.25"; 453 p. .

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc, 1967. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 453p. A navy blue cloth hardcover book in good condition. Torn segment of dustjacket stuck to back cover. Corners lightly bumped and hinges shaken. Endpapers foxed, but otherwise, interior clean. A history of shipbuilding and engineering to optimize speed. Contains many black and white illustrations and a few… Read more

W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1967. Hardcover. 10.10 X 7.80 X 1.60 inches; 103 pages .

New York: Bonanza Books, 1967. dated (1967), but is a later printing, 451pp, illus., navy cloth, slight soiling to cover, small pencil marking to top pg edges, gift note to 1st blank page, no dj, contents clean.. Cloth. Very Good -/No Jacket.

NY: Bonanza Books, 1967. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The dustjacket shows some edgewear with soiling. There is age toning inside the covers. A name is written on the endpage.