THE BALTIMORE CLIPPER Its Origin and Development

Salem, MA.: Marine Research Society, 1930. First Edition, LIMITED ISSUE, ONE OF 97 COPIES ON SPECIAL PAPER OF WHICH ONLY 87 WERE OFFERED FOR SALE, and being publication twenty-two of the Marine Research Society. With 35 illustrations on plates, mostly images of ships or harbor views, reproduced from contemporary sources, 48 plans or sail plans of various ships, and with 26 drawings or graphics throughout the text. 4to, publisher's limited issue binding of marbled boards backed in black cloth, the spine gilt lettered, t.e.g., marbled endpapers, and in the original slipcase. xii, 185 pp. A very fine and fresh copy, the text-block clean and bright and as pristine, the binding solid and sharp, the spine still dark and fresh and unusually well preserved, the slipcase also in fine condition, just a touch rubbed at the underside. FIRST EDITION, NUMBERED AND LIMITED ISSUE OF THIS HANDSOMELY ILLUSTRATED AND INVALUABLE WORK ON THE BALTIMORE CLIPPERS, the Southern cousins of the American 'Yankee' Clippers and mainstays of 19th century American mercantile transport. There is no other type of vessel that holds as much interest to Americans as their fabled Clippers. The Baltimore Clipper was a southern favorite for anyone requiring a fast ship. This also led to them having a darker side of their history; they were the vessel of choice for the slavers, as well as those engaged in illegal trades such as smuggling and piracy in the West Indies.
The fine measured drawings and accompanying plates supplied here are of tremedous value to anyone interested in model building.