by Peter H. Spectre & David Larkin
Houghton Mifflin, 1991.
large format hardback [31x24cm]. 272 pages. ISBN 0395566924.
very good condition in the dust-jacket. a little light foxing to preliminary and end pages. owner's name opposite half-title.
a magnificent book recording the full history of the wooden shipbuilder's art from ancient times to the present, lavishly illustrated in colour.