THE GREAT DAYS OF THE CAPE HORNERS by Yves Le Scal, translated by Len Ortzen.

Hard cover with jacket. Blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, 222 pages, first British edition published in 1966 by Souvenir Press. Drawings, maps and photographs.
Signature and dated address on front end page. Book and jacket in good condition. Jacket frayed at spine top.
This book is a history of ocean-going, square rigged ships with their massive rigging, steel masts and immense sail-plans which carried the world's trade for almost a century. The author describes the ships and the men who sailed them through the doldrums and the roaring forties. The 25 photographs are contemporary.
No overseas shipping.