ANDERSON, Ernest B. Sailing Ships of Ireland. A Book for Lovers of Sail Being a Record of Irish Sailing Ships of the Nineteenth Century.

Fully illustrated. Dublin: Morris and Company, 1 & 2 Rutland Place, Cavendish Row, n.d. [1937]. Facsimile reprint, Coleraine: Impact Printing, 1984. Octavo. pp. xiii, 277. Original grey cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine. A fine copy in the original pictorial dust jacket. Internally bright and clean throughout.

An important reference work on Ireland’s maritime heritage, documenting the sailing vessels, shipowners, shipping companies and shipbuilders that shaped Irish commerce during the nineteenth century. Anderson records in remarkable detail the fleets of Belfast, Dublin, Cork, Waterford, Limerick, Wexford, Sligo and Arklow, together with extensive accounts of famous shipping lines, coastal traders, emigrant ships, collier fleets and shipbuilding firms. The work is further enhanced by numerous illustrations and detailed appendices listing Irish-owned iron and steel sailing vessels, builders, dimensions, tonnage and dates.

Compiled from many years of research by Ernest B. Anderson, a noted maritime historian and contributor to nautical journals, the book remains one of the standard references on Irish sailing ships and nineteenth-century Irish maritime trade. Particularly valuable for maritime historians, genealogists, local historians and collectors of Irish transport and shipping history.

A handsome copy of this sought-after facsimile edition of a classic work on Irish shipping and shipbuilding.

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