1956 "Second Edition February 1956"; D. Van Nostrand Company publishers, Princeton, New Jersey; hardbound; fold-out graph and Table of Stability; original owners name and small bookstore stamp inside front; very good condition; no dust jacket.
 
From Preface To The First Edition -
Most texts available to the ship's officer today on the subject of Stability and Trim are written from the point of view of the Naval Architect or ship builder.  These persons, while possesing a thorough knowledge of the subjects, have not devoted much of their time to the problems facing a ship's officer.  The excellent designs of modern vessels, therefore, are not utilized to the fullest estent by the operating officer.
 
It will be the purpose of the authors to consider the subject wholly from the merchant officers' point of view, keeping in mind the fact that officers do not wish to wade through a morass of unnecessary technical terms...