The Wonder Book of Ships. Edited by Harry Golding. 17th edition. Circa 1940s. H/C no jacket. 256 pp.
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For boys (and some girls) of all ages.
A lovely old book, in remarkably good condition, about inter alia British steamship lines; building a big ship; the ship's officers; how charts are made; how a ship is propelled; signals at sea; life in a liner; the making of a sailor; the harvest of the sea; and sea terms and their meaning. With 8 colour plates (painted) and nearly 300 illustrations (black and white photographs, sepia photographs and diagrams).
No publication date, probably circa 1940s. Seventeenth edition. (First edition circa 1920s.) Published by Ward, Lock & Co, London and Melbourne. Condition: Good for its age. Foxing here and there. Hard-board cover has light wear and tear.