Great Classic Sailing Ships by Kenneth Giggal 1996 Edition Hardcover Book

Author: Kenneth Giggal with paintings by Cornelis de Vries.

Type: Non-Fiction.

Edition: Chancellor Press 1994 edition, Reprinted in 1996.

Publisher: Chancellor Press an imprint of Reed International Books Limited.

Year First Published: Webb & Bower Publishers Ltd 1988.

Format: Hardcover Book, with plastic covered dustjacket.

Printed By: New Interlitho Italia SPA.

Page Count: 128 pages.

Size: Width: 29 cm

      Height: 28 cm

      Thickness: 2 cm

Info: This book presents forty of the world's most famous sailing ships, with original paintings by the celebrated Dutch artist Cornelis de Vries. De Vries' ship portraits are exquisitely detailed; whenever possible, he works form archive collections of original shipbuilder's designs. Most of the ships included here were built between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries, when these ships played a vitally important part in the lives of nations and men.

40 superb full-page colour paintings of the world's most famous sailing ships built between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries. Includes the Golden Hind, the Cutty Sark, HMS Victory, HMS Bounty, the Revenge, the Santa Maria and the Vasa. Each ship and its history is described in detail. Includes ships from Britain, Holland, Germany, Spain, Portugal, France, Sweden. America and Canada. The text provides details on each ship. Google Books.

A beautiful addition to the personal study or library, for the yachting enthusiast or for the Cruising Club Library.

Semi-Gloss Paper.

Condition: Excellent, all pages and binding intact, no loose pages. Plastic covering for protection. As new, a well cared for book in great condition.

Price: R 255.00 Inc Vat.