Lobley, Douglas, — SHIPS THROUGH THE AGES.

Galley Press, London, 1979, 144pp, numerous in text line, half tone and col'd illustrations, large format 11.5 x 8.5 inches, wrapround pictorial cloth lettered in white at spine, col'd photo pictorial dustwrapper, an account of ships and the men who designed them from the hollowed out tree trunks and bundles of reeds through Greek war galleys, Viking ships, 300 years of wooden sailing ships, the combination of sail and steam, to ironclads, all steel ships and nuclear power, lightly rubbed at tips, top edge faintly foxed, dustwrapper: price clipped, lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper,