Description and condition:

Softcover, 8vo, 355 pp., index, b/w illustrations.

Very good with lightly creased spine and slight cover wear, internally with nice bright clean pages.

Contents:

Pwllheli as the port and mart of Llyn; the port and town, 1835-1880; the expansion and decline of shipbuilding; Pwllheli ships; maritime trades: imports and exports; the matter of ownership: investment in Pwllheli shipping; marine insurance: the local societies or clubs; shipmasters and seamen; the coast railway and its consequences; conclusions. Appendices: two shipwrecks of 1838: the Timber Brigs Ann and Northumbrian of Pwllheli. The Pwllheli and Nefyn and other local marine insurance societies; the evidence of crew lists and agreements (articles) in the Gwynedd archives, Caernarfon. Miscellaneous maritime records.