Brown, Son & Ferguson, Glasgow. First Edition 1970. Volume II. This volume embraces the period 1888-1928, forty hard years for the Windjammer. Mr. Lubbock's virile pen draws wonderful word-pictures of the Last Boom in sail; The Lime-juicers of 1888-9; The Carriers of the Nineties -The Square Riggers of the Twentieth Century, and so on.Als aspects of the Art of Handling Sail, the unique City of Hankow, Monster Sailing Ships, the capsizing If the Lodore and Blairmore, the naming of Masts, Law's 'Shires", queer rigs, the wonderful Lancing, the Ports of the world, Weir's "Banks", Lost Arts of the Seamen, Clink's slowcoaches, Shire Line Captains, the "Glens", German, Argentine, Norwegian, French, Belgian, Finnish and Danish Training Ships, the Reef Topsail Voice and so on. In this volume there are 174 illustrations and 17 plans with a complete index of ships, owners, Captains, etc. Original dust jacket over blue cloth covered end boards with world chart end sheets. Minor foxing, to foredges otherwise in good clean condition. 448pp 250 x 180mm