The Baltimore Clipper: Its Origin and Development

Howard Irving Chapelle

Published by Marine Research Society, Salem, Mass., 1930

About this Item

8 1/2" x 11 1/2", 192 pp., blue cloth pebbled surface (faux leather) with gilt titles on spine, in dust jacket with Brodart cover, top text edge blue. FIRST EDITION of 1930. In Very Good Plus to Near Fine condition with only bumping to the corners, slight rubs to the spine ends, and a bit of light spotting and age-toning to the text edges (top edge,blue, unaffected); otherwise Fine, with no foxing, writing, stains, creases or other defects. Dust jacket is Very Good with edgewear, light chipping at the spine ends and a small 1/2 cm square chip at the bottom of the front panel; otherwise a nice jacket; see the photo. "Publication Number Twenty-Two" of the Marine Research Society of Salem, Massachusetts. 35 plates, 48 plans, plus other diagrams and illustrations. "'Baltimore Clipper' is the colloquial name for fast sailing ships built on the south-eastern seaboard of the United States of America, especially at the port of Baltimore, Maryland. It is most commonly applied to two-masted schooners and brigantines. Baltimore clippers were first built as small, fast sailing vessels for trade around the coastlines of the United States and the Caribbean Islands. Their hull-lines tended to be very sharp, with a "V"-shaped cross-section below the waterline and strongly raked stem, stern posts, and masts.".

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Baltimore Clipper: Its Origin and Development
• Publisher: Marine Research Society, Salem, Mass.
• Publication Date: 1930
• Binding: Oversized Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good Plus to Near Fine