The Colonial Clippers: With Illustrations and Plans by Lubbock, Basil - 1955

James Brown & Son, 1924. Hardcover. Good. . General shelf/reading wear. Pages/boards clean, binding sturdy.

James Brown, 1921. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1921. Second Edition. 433 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Contains black and white illustrations and plates throughout. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Thumb-marking present. Minor dog-eared corners. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Cracking to hinges and gutters, leaving netting exposed. Front and rear boards are loose but still attached. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Noticeable crushing to spine ends. Heavy tanning to spine and edges. Splits to spine ends. Water staining to front board. Textblock is shaky.

James Brown, 1924. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket missing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1968. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1968. Reprinted. 384 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white photographic plates. Light foxing and tanning to pages, plates, pastedowns and free endpapers. More prominent to text block edges. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild scuffing overall. Spine has light sunning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped dust jacket with minor rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Moderate tanning and scuffing overall.

James Brown, 1924T. hardcover. Good. 1.5748 9.4488 7.2441. Blue cloth cover with gilt lettering shows minor wea rand rubbing, bumped corners. Name of former owner on the front pastedown. Pages tanned and clean.

James Brown & Son, 1921. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1921. Second Edition. 433 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Contains illustrations and plans. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout, heavier at end-papers, paste-downs and text-block edges. Plates are bright and clear. Binding remains firm. Minor pencil marking to front free end-paper. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Gilt lettering is darkened. Minor fraying to cloth at spine ends. Cloth has minor damp and dust stains. Moderate tanning to spine.

Boston: Charles E. Lauriat Co., 1925. (1925), 433pp, illus., 3rd ed., blue cloth, slight shelfwear to cover, owner's name to fep, no dj, contents clean.. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket.

Glasgow: Brown, Son & Ferguson LTD, 1968. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Reprint. Hardcover, large royal octavo bound in dark blue cloth with spine lettered in gold, in publisher's white non price-clipped dust-jacket. 384 pages. Appendix, Index. Illustrated with frontispiece and 80 photographs, 4 plans and numerous passage schedules. Third printing (1968) of the New Edition. Gives accounts of the ships used in trade in Australia and New Zealand in the latter part of the 19th century. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.

Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd, 1948. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1948. New Edition. 384 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Black and white photographs throughout. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. A previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. Some marks and staining to surfaces. Clipped jacket has heavy wear with very heavy tears, chipping and creasing. Some tape repairs. Some rubbing and marking to surfaces.

Boston: Charles E. Lauriat Co., 1921 Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. RARE first edition of this nicely illustrated, 433 page "account of the beautiful sailing ships which played so great a part in the development of the great British Dominions under the Southern Cross". Title page is soiled/age-toned..