Norwich, UK: Jarrold Colour Publications, 1988. Paperback. 32 pp; staple-bound booklet; concise biography of Brunel, well-illustrated with both b & w and color, photos and drawings; in full-color photo wraps.

London, UL: Percival Marshall, 1962. Hardcover. 99 pp; comprehensive look at the development of the early galley and the increase in the number of oars; well-illustrated with b & w phtos and detailed line drawings; one 3 page fold-out.

New York: Time, Inc., 1941. Paperback. complete issue of Fortune Magazine from July 1941 with 4 extensive articles on the activities relating to the U. S. shipbuilding industry as it prepares for war i.e.what's bewing done and what needs to be done. Specifically, articles are entitled: How Many Ships How.....

Paris: A. N. C.. R. E., 1980. Paperback. 72 pp; ilustrated monograph with bound book of the 18 gun Frigate LA VENUS; ( TEXT IS ENTIRELY IN FRENCH); in illustrated wraps; profusely illustrated with detailed line drawings, charts and b & w photos; plus 13 fold-out plans and 1 sheet.....

New York: Halcyon House. Hardcover. 591 pp; reprint edition containing 117 maps, plans, drawings, b & w photos, color reproductions, logs and trade routes of famous clipper ships; appendicies with ship measurements, record passages, list of voyages etc.; end paper maps; dj shows considerable wear, chips, tears, scuffing, etc.

Pier Books: Piermont, NY, 2003. First American edition. Hardcover. monograph giving comprehensive examination of the gabare; a transport vessel used by the French Navy to supply the dockyards, squadrons at sea and the colonies. Aptly named, LE GROS VENTRE (THELARGE BELLY), she was abandoned after the Kerguelen expedition in 1772.....

Glen Cove, NY: Webb Institute of Naval Architecture, 1989. Hardcover. 250 pp; superbly written story of extraordinary American shipbuilder of the nineteenth century and founder of the Webb Institute of Naval Architecture. Not only a story of his life and accomplishments and of his 135 ships, but of the development.....

Tryckeri, Sweden: Mariehamm, 1978. Hardcover. 291 pp; portraits of Aland sailing ships; the Aland Islands being an autonomous, Swedish speaking region of Finland (TEXT IS ENTIRELY IN SWEDISH); has a 3 page Introduction in English which does give a good overview of the book; profusely illustrated with b & w......

West Chester, PA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 1990. Hardcover. 128 pp; comprehensive story of the carved wooden bow decorations beginning with a report on the mythological origin, continuing with the development of figueheads from the Polynesians, Phoenicians, and Vikings to the high point of the Renaissance and Baroque ships; continuing through.....

New York: Augustus M. Kelly, Publishers, 1970. Hardcover. 655 pp; reprint of classic 1914 summary of the history of the British shipping trade up to 1914; covering the evolution of the ship and of shipping services, etc.; 6 fold-out charts, 1 fold-out map; slight wear to dj.

Kobenhaven: Andr. Fred. Host & Sons Forlag, 1941. Hardcover. 248 pp; profusely illustrated with b & w photos; illustrations; detailed line drawings of rigging and masting (TEXT IS ENTIRELY IN DANISH) publsihed without a dj in dark blue boards; boards beginning to split at head of spine; backstrap loose in.....

Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1988. Hardcover. 224 pp; superb technical analysis of the merchant sailing ship from 1775-1815; enhanced by the numerous reconstructed and redrafted plans prepared by the author. This is the first volume of the author's three-part histoy of merchant shipping. H This copy is from Reprint.....

Gardener,ME: Tilbury House, Publishers, 2000. Paperback. 52 pp; fascinating look at the mast trade in colonial New England which laid the foundation for lumbering and shipbuilding in Maine thereafter, with 16 very detailed line drawings, in illustrated wraps.