Author: LUBBOCK, Basil. Title: The last of the windjammers.
Description: Glasgow, Brown, Son & Ferguson, (1927-1929). 2 volumes.Original blue cloth gilt. With numerous plates and ships' plans. XIV,518; XV,443 pp.First edition (vol. I in second impression). - A windjammer is a type of sailing ship with a large iron hull, usually used for cargo in the nineteenth century until the 1930s. They were only produced from the 1870s to the 1890s and were the grandest of cargo sailing ships, with between three and five large masts and square sails, giving them a characteristic profile. - Standard work on large sailing ships.
Keywords: marine art maritime history
Price: EUR 247.50 = appr. US$ 268.99 Seller: Gert Jan Bestebreurtje Rare Books (NVvA/ILAB)
- Book number: 2235