The War of a Ship - The Story of the Square-rigged Cape Horner

Hodder & Stoughton,London, 1954, good condition, dustwrapper okay but repaired

Being an account of the ultimate development of the ocean-going, square-rigged sailing vessel, and the manner of he handling, voyage-making, her personnel, economics, performance and her end. This book is a history and obituary of the square-rigged ship, written out of a lifetime's devotion by a man who has both sailed before the mast on Cape Horners and commanded them. Illustrated with many fine photographs...