Wooden Ship Building and the Interpretation of Shipwrecks
by: Steffy, J. Richard

Hardcover. College Station, Texas, Texas A&M University Press, 1st Edition, 1994, Book: Very Good, 314 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Cover boards bound in green cloth, black title on spine, just a touch of chipping at top and bottom of spine and top of front cover board. Dust jacket unclipped, has a small (patched from underneath) 1" tear at top of front cover (see image), some small creasing at top of front cover, as well (see image) otherwise very good. Previous owner's name at top of front endpaper and stamp on front flyleaf. Binding tight. Spine straight. Pages clean. A guide to the study of the most marvelous structures ever built by humankind--wooden ships and boats a value to historians, authors, model builders, and other interested in the design and construction of wooden watercraft of the past.