In the original dust jacket. Blue cloth binding with gilt title on the spine.

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1st edition dust jacket Nice Copy octavo xxvii + 491pp., frontis., col. & b/w pls., text ills., plans, index, Written by the company’s Chief Naval architect and covers the Orient Company clippers and steamers in the Australian trade. Also looks in general at design problems of liners. Looks at why passenger ships died and cruise ships took their place. Much on the Oriana, the last ship for which the author, as Chief Naval Architect, was responsible.