The Down Easters: American Deep-Water Sailing Ships 1869-1929

by Basil Lubbock

Very good condition with very good jacket. 4th printing. Former owner's bookplate inside with date and notation of where purchased. Quick, next day shipping.

Genres: Nautical

284 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1929

About the author

Alfred Basil Lubbock MC (9 September 1876 – 3 September 1944 at Monks Orchard, Seaford) was a British historian, sailor and soldier. He was a prolific writer on the last generation of commercial sailing vessels in the Age of Sail. He was an early (1911) member of the Society for Nautical Research, served on its council (1921–1924) and contributed to its journal, The Mariner's Mirror.