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(More customer reviews)This book was written by my great-uncle, and has been part of family lore ever since I can remember. I was pleased to see that it had been re-printed and re-issued. I have a copy of the original Kelly and Walsh 1924 edition, but unfortunately my copy has been stripped of its colour plates. I was disappointed to find that editors chose to re-print the new edition without the plates. I do have to say, however, that apart from that the new edition is remarkably faithful to the original, and has an excellent introduction that sets the original in a historical as well as a nautical context. Overall a good job.
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The sailing junk was an amazing vessel. From Tientsin to Hong Kong - and up and down the great rivers in between - Ivon A. Donnelly immortalized these lost treasures in this book from 1924, with a pen and sketchpad and with words that betray his passion for the ancient watercraft of China. Vivid and graceful, grotesque and gay, junks were supremely honed for their particular work. But time and new technology took their toll and the junk is today all but extinct.
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