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MacMillan Publishing Co. [Published Date: 1975]. Hardcover, 215 pp. Stated First American Edition 1975. Very good in very good dust jacket. Blue paper over boards with gold lettering on spine. Light bumping to edges of covers and light overall scuffing, aging and soiling to covers as well. Binding tight. Pages lightly aged but otherwise unmarked. Dust jacket has a few small nicks and tears and light creasing to edges. Light overall scuffing, aging and soiling to jacket as well. NOT price clipped. Now in an archival-quality (removable) Brodart Cover. NOT Ex-Library. NO remainder marks. One of four volumes in a pictorial survey of the merchant ship - ocean liner, tramp steamer, freighter, tanker - and its development during the last one hundred years. Describes the vessels of the period, providing details of construction, ownership, and performance. Includes 80 pages of color plates by the author, which supply a unique coverage of details such as liveries, funnel marks, and houseflags. [From front jacket flap] The period covered by the present volume was one of spectacular development and dramatic contrast. The First World War brought to an end a period of intense competition - competition reflected in a rapid increase in the size of individual liners. Later, during the twenties, a more restrained style emerged, less lavishly appointed and more suited to a less-affluent world. The styles of these two eras, separated by the anonymous, camouflage-conscious years of the war, were quite distinct, the postwar years bringing a range of new shapes and profiles in funnels and sterns.