E. Keble Chatterton — Old Ship Prints

London; New York, John Lane The Bodley Head Limited; Dodd, Mead and Company, 1927 . First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this interesting maritime art history work, featuring close to seventy plates in black and white and colour. First edition.In the publisher's original green cloth binding.Beautifully illustrated with fifteen colour plates, including the frontispiece, and ninety-five black-and-white illustrations across fifty-four plates. All images from the MacPherson collection. Collated, complete.Featuring three bookplates: of Eugene Mer Z, Hugh Craggs and Pat Murray.Eight pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear.Fascinating maritime art history work on the first ship prints, including chapters on "Shipping and Engraving", "Mezzotint and Aquatint", "Prints and the Rise of Sea-Power" and "Early Nineteenth-Century Ship Prints". Written by prolific author Edward Keble Chatterton, whose works mainly centered on naval themes. In the publisher's original green cloth binding. Featuring three bookplates to the front paste down and front free endpapers: of Eugene Mer Z, Hugh Craggs and Pat Murray. Externally, smart with slight bumping and rubbing, leading to subtle loss of cloth and a few small closed tears to the spine head and tail, and a few marks to boards. Internally, front hinge reasonably weak, remainder of the text remaining firmly bound. Generally bright and clean with occasional light spotting, heavier to the first and last few pages. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .