The History of the American Sailing Navy Howard I. Chapelle
1949. No Edition Remarks. 558 pages. No dust jacket. Blue and grey cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout with colour frontispiece. Binding remains firm. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Staining to spine.