A Century of Shipbuilding. 1810-1910.

  • n.p , n.d. (ie., Edinburgh, 1910)
By Wm. Simmons & Company.
n.p, n.d. (ie., Edinburgh, 1910). Richly illustrated company history of this shipbuilding firm, and its sister company, the London engineering firm of Renfrew. Narrative history, lists of vessels and projects, and several dozen gravure and halftone portraits of company officers, yachts, passenger ships and working vessels built between 1810 and 1910. Scarce. Bound in full red morocco. VG. 29.5 cm., 19 pp. plus over 80 b/w and sepia toned gravure and halftone plates.

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A Century of Shipbuilding. 1810-1910.

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Wm. Simmons & Company.

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