Naval Architecture from Naval Marine Archive

MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass., 2007, first edition, : xxiv, 441 p. : ill. b/w photos, drawings; 24 cm. Includes index and bibliography. Very good/ very good -minus slight crease on front of dj, minor fading at edge. "Naval architecture was born in the mountains of Peru, in the mind of a French astronomer named Pierre Bouguer who never built… Read more about this item

International Marine Publishing Co., Camden Maine., 1974 2nd imp. 186 p. b/w lines and plans and photographs, very good/ fair wear to top edge and small tear on back. This work is entirely practical, with enough information to build any one of the thirty-one designs shown and explained in detail.

Marine Research Society, Salem, 1929, first edition, publication nineteen of the Society, with and introduction by Irving R. Wiles. Illustrated with photographs, line drawing and foldouts of ships plans. Very good with minor scuffing of corners and spine, binding loose but intact. A descriptive history of the development and logic behind ships of the past. Excellent reference for modelers… Read more about this item