MATTHEWS, Frederick C. American Merchant Ships 1850-1900. Series Two. Item #6173
xi, [1],358 pp.; blind-ruled blue cloth, gold-stamped spine, pictorial dust jacket; frontis. halftone of the ship Great Admiral, 53 halftones reproducing portraits of ships and 16 of ship captains; Index. Salem, Massachusetts: Marine Research Society, 1931. First Edition. The definitive survey of American merchant ships. Jacket spine darkened & showing edgewear, volume fore-edge lightly soiled, else near fine. |