Edition: Fourth
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: James Brown & Son, Publishers, Glasgow, Scotland
Date Published: 1919
Description: Fair- No Jacket. Ex-Library. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Front inside cover hinge with slight crack, but intact. Typical ex-library markings. Protective tape on spine and corners of book. Back fre-end paper missing. 388 pages. Pages slightly yellowed due to aging. Water stain on top inside edge of pages 1-182. Illustrtion of page 132 & 70 missing. Illustration on page 214 with tear. read more
Edition: Sixth Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: James Brown & Son,, Glasgow:
Date Published: 1925.
Description: Good Plus. 17 plates (1 colored) and 10 plans (4 folding; some tanned). 8vo, pp. xv, 388, xxxvi, original blue cloth (a minor abrasion to front & rear cover; a corner bumped; part of half-title adhered to flyleaf), no d.j. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Pimlico
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780712603416ISBN:0712603417
Description: Good. **SHIPPED FROM UK** We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Brown, Son & Ferguson, Ltd., Glasgow
Date Published: 1957
Description: With Illustrations and Plans. Good. No Jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7? "-9? " Tall. Good in Blue Boards; Reprint; 295 pages; Rubbing and wear to boards; Corners bumped and rubbed; Edge wear to spine; Browning and minor soiling to edges of text block; Text clean and unmarked; All orders tracked. read more
Description: Reader copy; Collectible. 1929 7th edition, reading copy, pages bright, blue cloth cover poor & page edges tanned. Next working day post. read more
Description: Good. 12mo. Cloth Hardcover, 1966. The usual ex-library treatments are present. Bound in blue cloth with silver lettering on the side. Cover in good condition: spine faded, very mild soiling along panel edges. Joints are strong, but the front hinge is cracked. Textblock sturdy. Pages are clean and intact. Numerous figures and illustrated plates throughout the text. Offered by the Antiquarian, Rare, and Collectable Books section at Better World Books. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed. Join the more ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Brown, Son & Ferguson, Ltd, Glasgow
Date Published: 1950
Description: Very Good + in very good jacket. 295 pp; history of the celebrated clipper ships in the Chinese opium and tea trades; well-illustrated with b & w photos; charts, tables, etc.; front boards has slight staining to both lower corners; dj has very minor chipping to head of spine and shows rubbing and scuffing overall; crease to edge of front flap as well; else VG+/VG. read more
Edition: Fifth edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: James Brown and Son, Glasgow
Date Published: 1922
Description: G. Light soiling and shelf wear to covers, edges of spine worn and strating to split, corners rubbed and bumped, front hinges strained and part of webbing showing, name on free front end-paper, light foxing throughout especially to outer pages and page... pp. 388. Illustrated with black and white photographs and drawings. read more
Edition: Sixth Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Charles E. Lauriat Co., Boston
Date Published: 1925
Description: Very Good+/Good+ Interior clean and tight; no markings. Jacket is stained and chipped with closed tears, small pieces missing. $3.75 price present on jacket. Black and white plates and plans, some fold out. read more
Description: Photos, FO Ilust. Gd+Cond, some cover white lines. 7x10" BlueClothbnd 295pg With illustrations and plans. History of the most perfect type of sailing ship at the very height of its development. Index. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Cloth Hardcover
Publisher: Brown, Son & Ferguson, Ltd., Glasgow
Date Published: 1950
Description: Illustrations and Plans. Very Good. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Royal blue boards with gilt spine & cover titles--Frontis. Profusely illustrated with plans, photos, etc. Light wear to spine ends with one faint black line across front cover. A good solid copy. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Glasgow. James Brown & Son
Date Published: 1914
Description: 2nd edition. XV, 387, XXXIII (appendix) PP, plus 1 colour plate with 12 House Flags and 24 b/w plates [frontispiece, 1 map, 8 plans (3 of them folded) and 22 illustrations]. Fp: Taeping & Ariel racing up Channel. Cloth cover, illustration pasted down on front cover, title on front and spine. Covers lightly rubbed. Spine sunned and frayed at head and foot. Hinges weak and with tears. Foxing throughout. Very good reading copy. 21.7 x 14.. The history of the celebrated clipper ships in the opium ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Glasgow. James Brown & Son
Date Published: 1916
Description: 3rd edition. XV, 387, XXXIV (appendix) PP, plus 1 colour plate with 12 House Flag, and26 b/w plates [frontispiece, 1 map, 9 plans (4 of them folded) and 21 illustrations]. Fp: Taeping & Ariel racing up Channel. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Covers soiled and rubbed. Hinges rubbed and worn. Name of previous owner in blind on front endpaper. Newspaper clipping ( Poem: The Tea Clipper, by Kathleen Tardiff) pasted down on page XIV. Foxing throughout, otherwise a good copy. 21.6 x 14. ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Glasgow. James Brown & Son
Date Published: 1914
Description: 2nd edition. XV, 387, XXXIII (appendix) PP, plus 1 colour plate with 12 House Flags and 24 b/w plates [frontispiece, 1 map, 8 plans (3 of them folded) and 22 illustrations]. Fp: Taeping & Ariel racing up Channel. Cloth cover, illustration pasted down on front cover, title on front and spine. Covers lightly rubbed, head and foot of spine frayed. Foxing throughout. Newspaper clippings tipped in and loosely inserted. Pencil annotations in text and margin. Address of previous owner on front ... read more
Edition: 2nd edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: James Brown & Son, Glasgow
Date Published: 1914
Description: Very good, no dust jacket. (Hardcover) 387, xxxiii. Pasted-down photographic illustration on front cover, frontispiece, black and white and color illustrations, tables, plans, folding plans, tipped in photograph of Cutty Sark, tipped in folding illustration of Cutty Sark, appendices. Previous owner's signature. (Transportation, Boats, Clipper Ships, Cutty Sark, Sailing Ships, Ships) read more
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