The Cutty Sark - Last of a Glorious Era

Hodder & Stoughton, 1953, no dustwrapper, spine and part of boards sun-faded, former owner stamps front and back endpapers, otherwise minimal foxing, binding tight, pages clean and bright

Alan Villiers has written a comprehensive history of the famous and remarkable ship from the time of her building at Dumbarton right up to the present day, for the Cutty Sark is still afloat, the last and greatest survivor of the lovely sailing-ships which brought credit and renown to the shipbuilders and seafaring men of Britain. This book was published shortly after the Cutty Sark Preservation Society was formed to ensure that Woodget's landmark vessel be kept as a permanent memorial to the sailing merchantmen who were the backbone of British supremacy at sea for many hundreds of years. Illustrated...