A History of the Merchant Navy

304pp, some black and white photographic plates. Black cloth-covered boards; blind embossed design and titles on front, gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Sun-faded spine; extremities rubbed and bumped, cloth worn through. Text block dropped, volume loose. Text block edges tanned. Endpapers tanning; rear free endpaper pasted at hinge to pastedown (likely a repair). Lender's small rubber stamp throughout (on all plates). Otherwise, internally neat and on the most part clean.