Coastwise Sail

Anderson, John: 1948 London, Percival Marshall & Co, softcover 80 pages. Illustrated with drawings and photographs. This detailed maritime study examines the operations, design and history of the various wooden merchant sailing ships that navigated the British coastal trades during the first half of the twentieth century. The text provides an invaluable record of specific vessels, local shipyards and the daily lives of the mariners who manned these traditional craft before their eventual disappearance. In very good condition. Small book