Baltimore Clipper Its Origin and Development

Text is clean and unmarked in a square, bright, and tight binding. Card holder is attached to the back free end paper. A Presentation Label is attached to the front free end paper. This volume appears to have not been put into circulation. DJ has been protected with a plastic cover. There are two library labels attached to the otherwise… Read more about this item

Salem:The Marine Reserach Society, 1930. hard cover. Very Good/No jacket. Salem:The Marine Reserach Society. 1930. 192pp + 1p advertisements. Includes 36 plates 48 full-page plans. Hardcover. Binding is lightly worn at the edges and spine with some gentle soiling to the covers. Otherwise in very good condition. Interior is clean, bright and free of stray markings. Overall, a… Read more about this item

The Marine Research Society; Salem, Massachusetts; 1930. First edition in dustcover. 11 5/8 x 8 1/2 inches, blue cloth-covered boards, gilt spine lettering (bright), top edge blue, 192 pp. Slight edge wear to tail of spine, else fine. Dustcover very good (mild fading; area of dampstaining on lower left aspect of front panel noticable over an area about two inches… Read more about this item

CHAPELLE, Howard Irving. THE BALTIMORE CLIPPER, ITS ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT. Salem: Marine Research Society, 1930. 4to. Cloth, dust jacket. Frontispiece, xii, 192, (1) pages, 33 plates. First edition. [Howes C-288.] A study of this sleek vessel, used for slaving and privateering with plans of actual ships, measured drawings, and drawings of the ship. Dust jacket chipp else very good.… Read more about this item

The Marine Research Society, Salem, MA. Fine with no dust jacket. 1930. Hardcover. Signed by author 1966; 192 pages; Signed by Author .

Edward W. Sweetman Company, 1987. Hardcover. Acceptable. This 1987 hard-cover book is in acceptable shape, but apparently is missing its dust jacket. Pages are clean, except for a single black mark on the tips.

Salem. The Marine Research Society. 1930. Bound in half gilt titled cloth and marbled boards. Marbled endsheets. t.e.g. Thick 4to. This edition limited to 97 numbered copies of which this is number 68. Profusely illustrated with full page monochrome plates and detailed plans of clipper ships. A rare copy of this recognized authority on the clipper ship. The mildest… Read more about this item