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Two Centuries of Shipbuilding
'The Scots at Greenock'
1950
W Hopwood & Company : Manchester; Glasgow
11.5" by 8.5"
xix, 280pp
SUMMARY
A fascinating history of the famous firm of Scotts and a primary source for this famous firm of ship builders.
Illustrated,Leather Binding
Overall Condition: Very Good
This book weighs 1.5 KG when packed
UK Postage: £ 3.99
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DESCRIPTION
Third Edition.
Charting the history and development of the history of shipbuilding, in relation to the Scott Family.
The volume is prefaced with a brief history of the Scott family, from its origin in 1711, up until the time of publication, that being 1950. Throughout charting this personal history the book explores the continued development of shipbuilding industry, starting with 'The Era of Sailing Ships' through to 'The Engine and Boiler Works'.
With gilt embossed detail to the front board, reads 'H.M.S Puma'.
H.M.S Puma was a Type 41 Leopard class British Royal Navy warship.
Illustrated with plates, and in text diagrams and illustrations.
Collated, complete.
CONDITION
In full morocco binding, with gilt detailing to the front board. Externally rubbed. Rubbing to the head and tail of the spine, to the joints and to the extremities. Rubbing to the front and rear boards, resulting in s a small amount of ls. Scratch to the rear board. Offsetting, to the front and rear pastedowns and endpapers. Agetoning to the topedge, foredge and bottomedge. Front and rear hinges are strained but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally clean. Slight offsetting to the title page and frontispiece. The odd handling mark throughout. Collated, complete.
Overall Condition: Very Good
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under 'condition'
Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair - As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
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attractive none the less. Major defects will be described.
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