Author: Ayland, Norah:
Title: Schooner Captain: The Story of Captain Hugh Shaw For Half a Century A Master in Sail in British Waters.
Description: Truro, D Bradford Barton Ltd, 1972 1st Ed., Hard cover blue cloth bds, Nr Fine, clipped but still priced dust jacket, half inch closed tear to top edge nr spine otherwise VG+, contents fine and tight with b/w illust.s, pp152. The life of a captain, told by his daughter in his own words, this biography " is an invaluable record of the life of a captain who was well-known, respected and well-liked throughout the coasting trade in the final years of sail"

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