1988 · Anapolis
by Worcester, George Raleigh Gray
Anapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1988. Fourth printing, 4to, pp. [20], 626; extensively illustrated throughout; fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Worcester was an officer of the River Inspectorate, and knew whereof he wrote. The illustrations are primarily lines drawings, with scales. Indispensable for the model builder and naval architect. Worcester was for 30 years employed in the Chinese Maritime Customs, and produced a total of four volumes on the watercraft of the Yangtze. The present revised edition covers the substance of these volumes.
(Inventory #: 63633)