MCCURDY, MICHAEL; MCCURDY, MICHAEL - The Sailor's Alphabet

Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated by Michael McCurdy. New hardcover book in a new dust jacket. Includes beautiful color illustrations created from wood engravings by world famous illustrator, Michael McCurdy. A nineteenth-century sea chantey describes the parts of a naval ship from A to Z. With an alphabet book, the scratchboard drawings have the look of old, hand-colored woodcuts and also afford a stem-to-stern tour of a U. S. Navy frigate. Wonderful for both children and adult lovers of ships. ; Color Illustrations; Oversized: 0.42 x 11.02 x 9.32 Inches; 32 pages. New in New dust jacket .