Distinguished Liners from the Shipbuilder,1907-1914 (Volume 2)
In a format very similar to the first volume in this series, this book is devoted to the reprinted text of 53 passenger vesels of various size and importance that were originally published in the
"The Shipbuilder" prior to 1915. Virtually lost until now, many of the hitherto unknown details of these important vessels an once again be seen as when the ships first entered service.
469 sections of text, photographs and plans were imported and repositioned from the nearly 7,000 pages that covered the period, to form this composite book that now reflects "the best of The Shipbuilder."
Features:
- 313 laser-scanned photographs reproduced at 4,000 dpi
- 64 text plans and 70 additional illustrations
- 19 additional folding blueprint plans, along with one oversized folding advertisement
- 29 diagrams and 11 transverse cutaways
- 5 pages of color plates
Authentic to the smallest detail, this limited edition book printed on archival qualty acid-free paper provides the only extant record of many of these great liners, thus making it an invaluable tool for any maritime enthusiast, collector of reference library.