JACK TAR:
A Sailor's Life
1750 - 1910

NEW copy. (Woodbridge, Suffolk: Antique Collector's Club, 1999). First Edition. Oversized hardcover with pictorial dust jacket. A gorgeous book, gilt on blue cloth covers, sewn binding, lavishly illustrated, decorated endpages, glossy paper throughout, bibliography, index, 287 pages.

Welles Henderson focuses on the ordinary individuals who manned and worked the ships, while at the same time recognizing the heroes of maritime history. He follows the story of seamen through manuscripts, journals, diaries, log books, rare books, paintings, prints, sketches, wood carvings, ceramics, textiles, scrimshaw, medals, instruments, ship models, statues and photographs. The book is richly illustrated and much of the material is taken from the Henderson Collection. Each chapter focuses on separate aspects of a seaman's life aboard ship and ashore in the age of sail and early steam, from about 1750 through to about 1910 and conveys the flavor and feel of life aboard. The author started his collection at the age of seven. It is now recognized by maritime experts as 'unique, the finest of its type and world class'. He decided to found the Philadelphia Maritime Museum in 1960 and it is now an internationally recognized institution and an important part of Philadelphia's waterfront development.

OUT OF PRINT.

$75.00