Brian Lavery: Building the WOODEN WALLS: Design and Construction of the 74 Gun Ship Valiant . , Conway Maritime Press, 1991.

Hardcover. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. U.K. Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Fine copy with a fine price cut dj. The wooden walls of England we4re the ships of her navy. This book is the result of work on the Wood Walls exhibition in Chatham Historic Dockyard, like the exhibition, it tells the story of the building of the 74 gun ship of the line Valiant during the Seven Years War more than two centuries ago. This book looks at the actural process of shipbuilding, rather than the details of a completed ship. It is concerned with the techniques of the draughtsman, sawyer, shipwright, or caulker, as much as with the product worked on. Profusely illustrated with b/w photographs and detailed drawings. Some laid in materials. 206pp (Book ref. 100 )  £ 49.99

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