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London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1958. Commentary on maritime history, with suggested books for each topic. Hardcover, light wear; jacket edgeworn with some chunks missing at head & foot of spine, corners.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Octavo.

London: Macmillan and Co., 1958. First edition, 1958. Bibliography and descriptive guide to books about travel and exploration, nautical fiction, naval campaigns and battles, etc. from the Argonaut and Odyssey to the end of the Age of Sail. Illustrated with black and white plates. Green cloth, 240 pages, illustrated dustjacket. The book has some light shelfwear, good hinges, sound text block, lightly foxed endpapers, clean pages free from names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped and has a crease to the rear panel and a bit of soil, light edgewear. A clean and sound copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Macmillan and Company, 1958. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. (xii) 240 pp. Green cloth decorated in gilt on the spine. Some wear at the corners of the dustjacket; price clipped; no interior markings. The Chapters are: Two Sea Stories: The Voyage of the Argonauts - The Odyssey; The Ancient World: The Mediterranean Scene; The Ancient World: The Ships; The Ancient World: Navies, Battles and Admirals; The Vikings; The Northern Ships; Prelude to the Renaissance; The Century of Progress; The Discovery of the World; The Seamen's War; The Seamen's Victory and Betrayal; Foundations of Empire; The Making of a Navy; Toward's Nelson's Navy; Buccaneers, Privateers, Pirates, Smugglers; Round the World Again; The Merchant Service; and The Swan Song of Sail; followed by: Appendix 1: The Hakluyt Society and Others; Appendix 2: On the Use of Public Libraries; Index to the Text; and Index to the Bibliography..

MacMillan & Co Ltd. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Light tanning/mottling strips to free end papers, dw has fraying to spine ends, with tiny chips to tail and some corners, rub to corners, a few small tears to extremeties, price-clipped, in clear protective film wrap. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 240 pages .

London: MacMillan, 1958. 1st edition. Very Good. octavo. chipped dust jacket xii + 240pp., frontis., b/w pls., maps, appends., bibliogs., indexes, ÔA companion & guide to the reading of books about the Sea, both fact & fictionÕ