Search Results: clipper ships from Naval Marine Archive

Scribner's, New York, 1972, xxiv, 232 p., illustrated liners, b/w photos of voyages. Very good, good dj. slight foxing on inside top, top edge blue The last of the clipper ships racing around Cape Horn and the life aboard at sea.

Halcyon House, New York, 1930, first edition US, v-xxvii, 592 p. b; 117 illustrations,maps on liners, includes index. good - book plate and previous owners' inscription, slight silver fish at edges, dust jacket chipped and faded on spine. A detailed history the clipper ship in America, discussing their importance to trade and commerce, including sections on China, California clippers, Australian gold, and the eventual decline in the use of the clipper ships toward the end of the 19th century. Heavy will require extra postage.