Clipper Ships of America and Great Britain 1833-1869 With Thirty-seven Wood Engravings in Full Color by La Grange, Helen - 1936

G.P. Putnam's Sons, NY, 1936. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. No DJ. Text unmarked. Foxing spots on some pages. Covers show light edge wear with rubbing. Hinges cracked but binding intact.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1936. Plans of ships, Technical details, Charts, Logs and other Features. With Thirty-seven Wood Engravings in Full Color. Over fifty pen-and-ink drawings and plans of ships. Appendices of technical details, elements of naval architecture and the art of shipbuilding, spar dimensions, abstract logs and other features. DJ is Fair-Good- with significant chipping and tears to edges and corners, creasing to edges and chipping with some missing areas, spine is faded, interior is discolored and dirty. 381 pages with index. Tan cloth covers with gilt compass on front cover, gilt and blue title box on spine. Cover corner are bumped and rubbed, cover edges are rubbed and are browning, minor dirt smudges, discoloration on spine, spine ends rubbed from shelf wear. Endpapers stained and browning. Interior pages are browning, text is clean and easily legible. Book in Good+ to VG- condition. . Second Impression. Cloth. Good+/Fair. Illus. by Jacques La Grange. Size: Approx. 7… Read More

New York:: G. P. Putnam's Sons,, [1936].. Second impression.. publisher's cloth.. A bright, tight and sound copy.. Small folio,. With 37 wood engravings in full color by Jacques La Grange; plus others in black and white..

New york: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1936. 2nd Printing. Large Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 9x6x1. La Grange, Jacques. Second printing. Multiple large chips and tears to jacket. 1936 Large Hardcover. 381 pp. With 37 wood engravings in full color. The introduction to the text traces the development of the fast sailing ship through years of oppression, rebellion, war and commercial rivalry to the decline of the clipper ship era... Measurements and details of numerous ships of all types are included. The appendices include: detailed explanations of the rudiments of naval architecture, reading of plans, the art of shipbuilding, and seamanship... Fully illustrated with sail and rigging plans and diagrams.

New York: G.P. PutnamÕs Sons, 1936. 4to, beige cloth (hardcover), uneven cut, ix, 381 pp. Black & white iillustrations. 37 Wood Engravings in full color. Good. Foxing on bottom edge of pages. Small stains on top edge of pages. Dust jacket - fair - spine faded, small tears/chips on edges, two-inch piece missing from top edge of spine. The wood engravings are beautifully done.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1936. (1936), 381pp, illus. w/ 37 color wood engravings & 50 line drawings, illus. eps, corners bumped, some soiling to cover, no dj, contents clean.. First Edition. Cloth. Good +/No Jacket. Illus. by Jacques La Grange.

Paperback / softback. New.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1936. 381pp.color frontispiece. Beige cloth, gilt and blue compass design on the front panel. Blue spine label. Outstanding record passages 1846-1869 on the endpapers. 37 exquisite color wood engravings of ships throughout. 35 illustrations of lines of ships, sail plans, and charts. Roughly; cut pages. Price-clipped pictorial jacket has large chips on the spine edges and the rear panel. Overall a very well preserved copy. A panorama of American and British shipping from the days before the american War of Independence to the close of the clipper ship period.. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/good-. Illus. by Jacques La Grange. Thick Octavo.

G.P. Putnam's Sons. hardcover. Very Good. 4x0x7. Hardcover. Very Good condition. No dust jacket. Free of any markings and no writings inside. Clear Text. Minor shelf-wear. Stain on bottom edge of spine. For any additional information or pictures, please inquire.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1936. xi, 381 pages, color plates, color frontispiece, illustrations; 27 cm. Top edge gilt. Maps on lining-papers. SIGNED by the authors and numbered 166/300 copies on the limitation page. Moderate shelfwear to boards, expected browning. The plates are all pencil signed by Jacques La Grange. From the library of sailor Robert L. Hague (1880-1939), whose bookplate is on the front paste-down endpaper (inside front cover). OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement.. SIGNED. 1st. Hardcover. Good. 4to. Collectible.