The Design and Construction of Ships, Volume II by John Harvard Biles
1911. No edition remarks. 428 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Volume Two. Contains black and white in-text illustrated diagrams and illustrated plates. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Minor dog-eared corners. Occasional thumb-marking present. Cracking to gutters of a few pages with exposed binding. Hinges have been reinforced with black tape. Fold-out illustrated diagrams are lightly tanned with some creasing to edges and folds. Light scuffing to edges. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Crushing to spine ends with small splits and fraying to cloth. Scuffing and light marking overall. Small dents to board edges, with light scuffing. Light sunning to spine and edges. Book has a slight forward lean.