THE LAST OF THE WINDJAMMERS VOLUME 1 BY BASIL LUBBOCK WITH ILLUSTRATIONS AND PLANS BROWN, SON & FERGUSON Ltd, NAUTICAL PUBLISHERS – GLASGOW - 1948 Chapters are: THE LIFE. THE PERSONNEL. THE EPIC OF THE HORN. THE CLIPPERS OF THE SEVENTIES. THE MEDIUM CLIPPERS OF THE EIGHTIES. SMALL FRY. With 126 illustrations and 17 plans. A hard covered book in excellent condition. There is no dust jacket. The corners are a little bumped but not badly and there is sight wear to the boards. There is light, scattered foxing to the fore edge, the first thirty or so pages and also here and there to the last 50 or so but most of the text block is complete clear as are the plates. The fold-out plans are all pristine. An excellent copy! Measures 247 x187mm, weighs 1385gms, with 518 pages.
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