Fast Sailing Ships

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Large hardbound book published in Switzerland by EDITA and distributed in North America by Haessner Publishing, Inc. The book contains plans and drawings of fast sailing vessels of the late 18th and much of the 19th century. From the jacket '[The author] has produced a large corpus of research into the design and performance of all classes of ships built in the nineteenth century. His plans, meticulously redrawn from primary sources, are an integral part of the development of his book."