Maritime Law in the Age of Sail

Maritime Law in the Age of Sail was a textbook publication dealing with the topic of law in the era of sailing vessels and contemporary waterborne craft. By the 23rd century, where most reading was done via computer and computer tapes, this volume was a rare printed anachronism, a 19th century original volume that was part of the collection of James T. Kirk. Cadet Kirk had this book, along with several others, in the bosun's locker aboard his first shuttle command, the warp shuttle Spitfire. When Ensign Leonard McCoy was a passenger on Spitfire, he commented on Kirk's propensity for hardcopy paper volumes.