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Thread #94062 Message #3419320
Posted By: Reinhard
13-Oct-12 - 03:33 PM
Thread Name: Origins: The Clipper (Peter Bellamy)
Subject: RE: Origins: The Clipper (Peter Bellamy)
I found another hint at Books & Collectibles
THE CHINA CLIPPERS
LUBBOCK, Basil
42748 Glasgow. 1916. James Brown & Son. 3rd edition. XV, 387, XXXIV (appendix) PP, plus 1 colour plate with 12 House Flag, and 26 b/w plates [frontispiece, 1 map, 9 plans (4 of them folded) and 21 illustrations]. Fp: Taeping & Ariel racing up Channel. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Covers soiled and rubbed. Hinges rubbed and worn. Name of previous owner in blind on front endpaper. Newspaper clipping (Poem: The Tea Clipper, by Kathleen Tardiff) pasted down on page XIV. Foxing throughout, otherwise a good copy. 21.6 x 14. The history of the celebrated clipper ships in the opium and tea trades. $50.00AUD