first edition Hardbound
1928 · Salem, Mass
by Magoun, F. Alexander
Salem, Mass: Marine Research Society, 1928. 1st. Hardbound. VG a very nice clean, solid copy NOT THE REPRINT edition. Large blue cloth covers 154 pages with maps, 30 plates, and 16 plans. The front pastedown has a window cut-out revealing a facsimile of a 1927 letter from the Commandant of the Boston Navy Yard to the Author commending the plans Magoun had drawn of the Constitution based on the 1927 restoration, said plans now being a full set of Official Plans which the Navy endorses. The letter also appears immediately after the Introduction. Chapter headings include The Viking Ship, The "Santa Maria," The "Mayflower," United States Frigate "Constitution," Clipper Ship "Flying Cloud," and Fishing Schooner "Bluenose.
(Inventory #: 104025)