Description and condition:

Hardback, dustcover, 8vo, 150pp, index, b/w illustrations.

Very good, minute spotting to top and fore edge, internally with nice bright clean pages throughout. In very good dustcover.

Contents:

The story of Captain Hugh Shaw for half a century a master in sail in British waters. Biography, told in Captain Shaw's own words, written down by his daughter. It is an invaluable record of the life of a captain who was well-known, respected and well-liked throughout the coasting trade in the final years of sail.