containing practical instructions for completely rigging ships, with considerable additions relative to wire rigging, formation of knots, etc.
by Charles Bushell
Portsmouth, Griffin & Co., 1877.
6th edition. small format hardback. pp254 + advert leaf. text illustrations.
good condition with a little binding wear. upper hinge pulled.
a standard little seaman's guide of the mid 19th century, first published in the 1850s.
this sixth edition would appear to be a straight reprint of the fifth edition published three years earlier.
