[Rarebooks] FS: 2 (Shipfitting & Cargo Stowage)

[Gerard Gormley]

For your kind consideration ---



Ford, A.G~.  HANDLING AND STOWAGE OF CARGO~.   Scranton PA, USA:
International Textbook Company, 1943(1941).  Keywords: Education
-- Illustrated throughout with in-text diagrams & photos + large
fold-out cutaway illustration of ship & properly stowed cargo +
fold-out storage chart for dangerous cargoes -- Marine-Nautical -
- Non-Fiction -- English language.  Second Edition, Third
Impression.  Prepared for the United States Maritime Service.
Hardcover.  No dust jacket (none issued).  pages: Appendix,
Notes, Bibliography, Glossary, Index, color & black & white
photographs, art reproductions & illustrations throughout.
Binding height: 9-1/2".   Publisher's full cloth.  Book Very Good:
names & notes on front & rear free end papers & half-title page,
pencil underscorings to some pages, 2" tear to front hinge (still
strong & tight), moderate bumping & rubbing to fore-corners &
spine-top/bottom, spine gilt rubbed.  Binding strong & tight,
insides Fine save for underscorings.  [Digital JPEG image (2.5)
available on request].  2416~.  US$50.-


Swanson, W.E~.  MODERN SHIPFITTER'S HANDBOOK~.  NY NY, USA:
Cornell Maritime Press, 1941(1940).  Keywords: Education -- 187
in-text figures, 9 fold-out drawings, 40 b&w photos, most on
construction of S.S. 'America,' 34,000-ton liner built for United
States Lines -- Chapters: Blueprint Reading, Mold Loft,
Structural Shop & Anglesmithing, Assembly, Erection, Launching,
Tools & Their Uses, Riveting, Rigging, Welding, & Safety --
Illustrated -- Illustrated (photos) -- Marine-Nautical -- Non-
Fiction -- English language.  2nd edition, revised and enlarged,
5th printing.  Hardcover.  No dust jacket (one issued).  X,309
pages: Tables, Appendix, Glossary, Index, 187 b&w in-text
figures, 9 fold-out drawings, 40 b&w photos.  Binding height: 7-
1/2".   Publisher's maroon full cloth, spine & front gold-stamped.
Book Very Good to Near Fine: name & notes on front free end
paper, moderate bumping to fore-corners & spine-top/bottom, 1
fold-out crooked (manufacturing flaw), spine a bit cocked.
Binding strong & tight, all gold-stampings bright, insides o/w
Fine.  [Digital JPEG image (1.5) available on request].  2417~.
US$60.-


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