"Sailing Ships of War" Limited Edition with 91 Illustrated Plates

Alan Moore

Book

[Military] [Navy] Moore, Alan, Sir. Sailing Ships of War 100-1860 Including The Transition to Steam... With Illustrations From Engravings, Drawings, and Paintings... London: Halton & Truscott Smith, Ltd; New York: Minton, Balch, and Company, 1926. No 137 of a Limited edition run. Large quarto, 78 pages. Mounted color frontispiece in addition to 90 large, beautifully illustrated plates. 11 mounted and in color, 1 folding. In original blue cloth, stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine. A selection of handsome plates, each annotated in detail, from the incomparable collection of A.G.H. MacPherson illustrating the naval shipping of this crucial transitional period. With an extensive introduction analyzing the development of naval shipping during the period, a brief history of the ships in each plate, the transition to steam, and a Royal Navy Admiralty list from 1798-1805. A near fine copy.

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Price: $450.00