SHIP MODELS: THEIR PURPOSE AND DEVELOPMENT FROM 1650 TO THE PRESENT
by Brian Lavery; Simon Stephens
Published by Zwemmer. 1st. 1995
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. The National Maritime Museum at Greenwich houses one of the most celebrated collections of ship models in the world and its riches are presented here, from the magnificent Navy Board models of Samuel Pepy's day through replicas of frigates, steamships, clippers, battleships, cargo and passenger ships, to aircraft carriers and submarines. Large format. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w & colour photos. 256 pages including index.
SIGNED by both authors. Boards clean. Light pencil erasure mark to blue front endpaper (small). Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is grubby.
ISBN: 0302006540
Stock no. 1830763
- Categorised in:
- MARITIME
- MODELS
- SHIP BUILDING
- CRAFTS
