First edition of this lovely large illustrated book about ships, published on the heels of World War I.
Very good plus.
Price: $60.00
"Were it not for the Destroyer, Uncle Sam could never have landed his great army in France, and the Kaiser's submarines would have accomplished all they set out to do."
The post-WWI American national pride is particularly visible in the descriptions of modern naval vessels, but it is a thread that runs through this whole title. Even an Egyptian sailing ship from 1600 BCE is compared to a Mississippi steamboat!
New York: McLoughlin Brothers Inc, 1919. 13'' x 10''. Original cloth-backed color pictorial boards. Illustrated in color and black and white. [48] pages. Gift inscription to front flyleaf: "Staten Island / Sailor's Snug Harbor / May 1922." Binding with some edgewear and soil. A few small spots of soil to margins of leaves. Colors vibrant.
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