THE SHIPPING REVOLUTION: The Modern Merchant Ship.
Pp. 208, illustrated double titlepage and text illustrations including an occasional technical drawing and map, bibliography, glossary, appendix (type of vessels), index; broad med. 4to; qr. black boards, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, red boards; dust wrapper, backstrip sunned; Conway Maritime Press, London, 1992. One of 2,000 numbered copies. Conway's History of the Ship series. *A detailed history of the modern merchant ship with numerous illustrations. The content examines the various types of merchant vessels including tramps, bulk carriers, passenger and container shipping, conventional cargo liners and refrigerated ships, navigation and propulsion, registers and the use of flags. Item #168288
Price: $150.00