The Baltimore Clipper, Its Origin and Development

by Howard Irving Chapelle

$150 · Offered by Back Creek Books

First edition

Salem: The Marine Research Society, 1930. First edition. Black and white plates, plans. Publisher's cloth over boards. Quarto. xii, 192 pages plus 1 page publisher ad . The first detailed study of these fast sailing ships. The type originated in Baltimore, Maryland, and most were built there. They were first used in the Revolutionary War, and by 1800

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