by Howard I. Chapelle
Norton, 1946.
26x19cm. original buff cloth. 417 pages. 16 double-page plans and numerous text illustrations.
good condition hardback in the original binding. light wear and ageing to the binding. sellotape adhesion marks to end-papers. in an edge torn dust-jacket, possibly taken from another copy.
covering: the Colonial Period, Naval Craft, Privateers and Slavers, Revenue Cutters, the American Schooner, Merchant Craft, and Sailing Yachts.