The Age of Sail: The International Annual of the Historic Sailing Ship, Vol. 1, 2002‐2003

Many librarians will be familiar with Conway’s long‐established annual Warship, for which the most sincere recommendation this reviewer can give is that he buys it personally. It has now been joined by a stablemate (or harbourmate?) “dedicated to the history and development of the sailing ship in all its forms”.

The articles are refereed and fully footnoted, but presented in a manner designed to be approachable by the general as well as the expert reader; for instance, by the provision of numerous illustrations where possible. In the first volume, the Editor points out that the majority of them concern...