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Coasting Schooner: The Four-Masted Albert F. Paul
Burgess, Robert H. Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.A. University Press of Virginia 1978 0917376315 / 9780917376313 First Edition Hard Cover Near Fine Near Fine
; 269 pages with index; First Edition/First Printing; The Mariners Museum series-Museum Publication No. 35; Black & white photographs; Black & white illustrations; Unmarked, undamaged pages with a tight textblock; Red endpapers; Navy-blue cloth covered boards with title in gold to spine; Orange pictorial dust-jacket with minimal shelf wear; We have placed the dust-jacket in a protective, removable, clear mylar cover; .....(This thorough history recounts the entire career of one of the last colorful sailing ships in American waters, the 'Albert F. Paul', and this covers information from construction and launching in 1917, to her loss at sea in 1942. Robert H. Burgess follows the schooner's service under her capain of sixteen years, including a seaman's journal that describes general living conditions aboard ship, various mishaps at sea, the schooner's paint scheme, shipboard duties, rigging details, and full information on the economic concerns. Of particular interest is the 'trip book', a ledger kept which recorded all the ship's activities, cargoes carried, freight rates, expenditures, profits and losses, plus the other appendixes contain a complete chronology of all the voyages made by the 'Paul'.)
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8.73 USD
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