Manuscript Log of the Typhoon to China

by Ship's Log, James S. Salter, Commander

$2,500 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

Written in ink on rectos and versos of 58 leaves. 1 vols. Folio. Contemporary quarter calf, worn and scuffed, spine defective. Binder's ticket of a Liverpool firm on frost pastedown. A few leaves with pieces excised, with some loss. 3pp. later notes in the hands of members of the Salter family of New Hampshire, ca. 1874. Item #235109 The extreme clipper ship Typhoon was built in 1851 for the China trade by the firm of Fernald & Pettigrew

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