The Decorative Arts of the Mariner

Boston and Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, 1966. Cloth, 296 pages, illustrations (part colour), maps; 32 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Stated First American Edition. Price-clipped dust jacket, with moderate edgewear & toning, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated. CONTENTS: Introduction, by Gervis Frere-Cook; Vessels of the ancient world, by Leonard Cottrell; The viking longships, by Arne Emil Christensen Jr.; Vessels of the Mediterranean, by Ernle Bradford; Sailing ships of the Atlantic seas, by Lt.-Cdr. P. K. Kemp, R.N.; Steamships of the Atlantic seas, by Frank O. Braynard; State barges, by Philip Cowburn; Vessels of the inland waterways of England and Holland, by Hugh McKnight; Mississippi rivercraft, by Willard Price; Charts and maps, by Christopher Lloyd; Navigational instruments and timekeepers, by Lt.-Cdr. D. W. Waters, R.N.; Figureheads, by A. E. Weightman; Decorative rope and canvaswork, by P. W. Blandford; Ship models, by Lt.-Cdr. George Naish, R.N.R.; Scrimshaw, by Edouard A. Stackpole; Maritime art of the Americas and Pacific Ocean, by C. A. Burland; Malaysian craft, by Clive Dalton; Vessels of the Orient, by Capt. Donald Macintyre, R.N.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Folio.