GRIFFITHS, John Wills. The Ship-Builder's Manual and Nautical Referee, New York: published by the author, 1853, 4°, FIRST EDITION, lithographed frontispiece of the "Wm. Norris" (dampstained), 16 engraved plates printed white on black (vol. I affected by damp, having pp. 19-20 torn with slight loss, and pp. 195-96 detached), original cloth (spines frayed); A Treatise on Marine and Naval Architecture ... new edition, Glasgow: Richard Griffin, 1857, 4°, lithographed frontispiece of the "Georgia," 45 engraved plates printed white on black, contemporary half calf (rubbed), Scott bookplate. [Scott 713] -- and the Scott copy of Griffiths' The Progressive Ship Builder (2 vols., New York, 1875-76, 4°) in original cloth. [Scott 779] (6)