Sailing Warships of the US Navy Tapa dura - 2003

London: Chatham Publishing, 2001. 224pp; frontispiece; pictorial d/j, faded at spine, black title, minor edgewear.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Chatham Publishing, 2001. 224 pages, well illustrated, large format, book and jacket are in near new condition. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 295x250mm.

London: Chatham Publishing, 2001. 224pp., b/white art and photographic illustrations, and ship's plans. Book clean, square. Spine firm, gilt title there-on. Plain blue boards lightly bumped on foredges, else undamaged. Leaves clean and unmarked. Art-illustrated ('USS North Carolina', oil painting by Cammillieri) dustjacket sunned on spine (title clearly legible) and narrow adjacent strip of front panel, negligible edge creasing, tiny nip to lower foredge fold. From the rear panel: "Although a relatively small force during the age of sail, the US Navy was nevertheless closely watched by larger maritime powers impressed by the radical thinking and innovative design manifest in so many of its warships . . . For over fifty years knowledge of these ships has relied heavily on the works of Howard Chapelle, a practical naval architect with a fine understanding of design, but an amateur historian who was less than professional in his recording of sources. This book is the first broad survey… Leer más