Coffee table size folio with pebbled burgundy boards, leather tips and gilt lettering on spine and text block edges. Head and tail of spine are worn as are leather tips. Floral endpapers with previous owner signature on pastedown and that interior hinge is partially exposed. Color frontis on verso of Title pg which has a closed rip on bottom edge. Preface and index followed by the half title page. Previous owner signature (again) on upper corner of Chapter 1. Errata list on pg2 of Index. All pages exhibit b/w images.   Maritime History written by Lord Charles Beresford