Fair winds & foul: a narrative of daily life aboard an American clipper ship

by Frederick Perry

$45 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

First edition

Boston: Charles E. Lauriat Company, 1925. First edition, 8vo, pp. 2 , xi, 1 , 204; 8 mounted plates; sail; plan and deck plan in the text; pages toning, else a fine, bright copy in original blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine. The author made several voyages while working his way up from third mate to first mate at the height of the history of the California Clipper ships … The incidents record the everyday life of the men and an accurate painting

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