The Opium Clippers

Glasgow: Brown, Son & Ferguson [0-85174-241-6] 1976, 2nd printing. (Small 4to) 392pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. Map endpapers, tables, photographs, illustrations, appendix, index. The dust jacket is price-clipped and edgeworn with a 1-1 / 2-inch chip to the top of the front panel near the spine. "Of all the sea trades… Read more about this item

Glasgow: Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1953. Reprint. Hardcover. Good/good. A book dedicated to the ships that plied between India and China carrying opium which was the backbone of the finances of British India and the ruin of China. The book not only contains accounts of various journeys, but also technical information about the ships themselves. Good Hardback… Read more about this item

Glasgow: Brown, Son & Ferguson, Limited, 1946. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 9.5" by 7". Not Stated. A fascinating account of the opium sailing vessels from China and Japan, with numerous illustrations and a fold out map. The second edition. In the publisher's smart full cloth binding with gilt pictorial detail. … Read more about this item

Brown, Son & Ferguson. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1967. Reprint. Hardcover. Third reprint of a [1933] new edition. Mid blue bds with gilt titles to upper panel and spine, worn spot to bottom outer corners of cover, light tanning to text block edge, pages clean. ; 245x180mm; 392 pages .

Glasgow, Scotland: Brown, Son, & Ferguson Ltd., 1976. 2nd Edition 2nd Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xiv, 392pp w appendix and index. Indexed plates including frontis collated to index. Indexed plans including two foldouts without tears, collated to index. Yang-tze-kiang River map, incorrectly numbered in index as p360,… Read more about this item

Glasgow : Brown & Ferguson, 1976. 1976 Reprint. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xiv, 392p., [52]p. of plates (some folded) : ill., maps, ports. ; 25cm. SubjectClipper ships. China -- History -- Opium War, (1840-1842).

Glasgow: Brown [and] Ferguson, 1953. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. blue, silver printed cover and spine letters,xiv, 392 pages illustrations (1 color) portraits, maps (some folded, )end paper maps, Index to vessels mentioned, in protective mylar jacket .light tone to spine of d.j.minor edge wear to d.j..

Hardback. Very Good.

Brown, Son & Ferguson 1976. 1976. Hardcover. large 8vo. hardcover. 392pp. index. Blue boards with gilt title to front and spine. b/w illus. fold-out maps. Very good+. / Very good+ clipped d/w. .

Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd, Glasgow, 1976. Reprint. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fine Condition/Very Good. Reprint of 1933 edition Dust Jacket chipped, torn. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Dust Jack in mylar guard. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Ships & the Sea; China; ISBN: 0851742416. ISBN/EAN: 9780851742410. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request.… Read more about this item

Glascow: Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1933. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo; 1st edition; Fair+; Ex-library; Hardcover; Spine, blue with white print, call number label taped at bottom; Boards in blue cloth with white print, wear to spine caps, edges, and corners, light shelfwear; Text block has library bookplate on front pastedown, library pinhole stamp on title page, penciled library markings… Read more about this item

Boston: Charles E. Lauriat, 1933. First US edition. Hardcover. Light wear and mild scuffing to covers, but very good. xiv, (1), 392 pp., 50 plates from photographs (a few with 2 images on the plate, 1 is a folding panorama), 7 plans, map endpapers; quarto, original blue cloth with gilt title and covers ornaments, pictorial paper inset on… Read more about this item

Published by Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd., 1933. 1st edition.. Hardback. Good. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. The romance and chronology of the opium trade, the opium war and the beautiful little ships that were the first trading craft with clipper lines. Blue cloth with gilt chinese characters on front cover, silver titles. B/w photos, illustrations… Read more about this item

Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1946-01-01. Hardcover. Good. .

Glasgow: Brown Son & Ferguson, 1933. 1st edn. Tall 8vo. Original white lettered blue and gilt decorated cloth (chipped at head of spine and scuffed at tail; spine letter faded - top and fore-edge spotted; upper board bright - in protective glassine wrapper), no dustwrapper. Pp. xiv + 392, illus with coloured and b&w plates, maps and pictorial endpapers… Read more about this item

Book. Fine. First Edition. A near fine three volume set in slipcase..

Brown, SOn, & Ferguson Ltd. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Glasgow: Brown, Son, 1933. First. hardcover. very good(+). Many black & white illustrations and plans with a chart of the Bay of Bengal and the South China Sae as endpapers. 392 pages, small thick 4to, decorative royal blue cloth, one corner of cover bumped and a small label removed from bottom of spine. Glasgow: Brown, Son & Ferguson,… Read more about this item

Glasgow: Brown & Ferguson. 1933. Quarto, original blue cloth boards with gilt decoration, b&w illus, endpaper maps, pp xiv, 392. The spine has been relaid over new cloth: spine rubbed and lighhtly marked. Marks to rear board. Front board clean and bright. Previous owner's bookplate front endpaper. Very good internally. Good condition overall. Sailing ships of the nineteenth-century opium… Read more about this item

Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1967T. hardcover. Good. . Hardcover in blue cloth. Please NOTE: NO dust jacket. Illustrated by photographic plates. 1967 printing. Previous owner name in ink atop first page. Clean text - NO writing. A good+ reading copy of this book.