The Opium Clippers by Lubbock, Basil - 1967

Glasgow: Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd, 1976. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The 1976 reprint. Some slight shelfwear, otherwise very good. .

Hardback. Very Good.

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

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.

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 engaged in by man from the times of the Phoenicians right down to the present day, that of the opium traffic into China was one of the most risky and adventurous, for it was a forbidden trade on a scarcely-known coast amidst wild, stormy seas and in the haunts of the most cruel pirates the world has ever known". Book about Sea Trade. Locale: China. (Transportation, Clipper Ships, Mercantile Economy, Opium, Pirates, Sailing).

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, is present on p356. Mapped endpapers. Light blue cloth w bright gold lettering to cover and spine. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and sound. Illustrated DJ is clean, showing 3cm tear from top edge, neatly closed, and previous owner has trimmed top and bottom edges w masking tape (3/8") to guard against edgewear and reinforced backside of the spine and fore edges the same (not visible). DJ now preserved in mylar cover. Octavo: 245 x 185mm. This is the second printing, 1976, of the second (new) edition of 1933, stated.

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 in a Good Dust Jacket. Reprint. Originally published in 1933. 392 with many illustrations, maps and an index. Weight: 1.3 kg Post free within Malaysia, but may incur additional charges when posted elsewhere. This is an ex-library book with labels on the spine and a front end paper and a stamp on the publisher's page . The dust jacket, now protected by a plastic sleeve, is stained in places. The edges of the cover are rubbed and the text block tanned. The binding is tight, text clear and there is mild tanning throughout. There is a former owner's smart personal name plate on a front end paper

Brown, Son & Ferguson 1976 reprint. Quarto navy blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to front & spine, illus., xiv+392, nr. FINE in d/w VG+ (light scuffing, light foxing)

Brown & Ferguson, 1953. Book. Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 190mm x 245mm. Cloth has light wear but sunning to spine and top rear. Moderate foxing to edges of page-block. Moderate foxing to pastedowns, feps, half-title and last page. Otherwise internally clean. Binding tight. 392pp.

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..