The Royal Warship Vasa by Bjorn Landstrom (HQ591)

Published 1988: First English Edition / Hardcover / Very Good Condition / Illustrated throughout

Original pictorial boards with gilt titles on the spine and original pictorial dust jacket. 160 very clean and bright pages. Slight shelf wear on dust jacket. Overall a well preserved and very clean original very scarce first edition. (HQ591)

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The Royal Warship Vasa: A book on the building & embellishment, the rigging & armaments of the Vasa, the Swedish warship that sank on her maiden voyage in Stockholm Harbour in 1628. The book includes comparative studies of Danish, English & Dutch shipbuilding methods of the time. by Björn Landström. Translated by Jeremy Franks.

Swedish-speaking Finnish writer, illustrator, artist, naval specialist, traveler, and yachtsman, who gained fame with his publications about ships, sailing, and maritime history. During his career Björn Landström illustrated about 20 books and designed hundreds of book covers. His most famous works dealing with the history of ships include Ship: Illustrated History (1961), Ships of the Pharaohs: 4000 Years of Egyptian Shipbuilding (1970), and The Royal Warship Vasa (1980).

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