[Rarebooks] fs: Sailing Ships of New England

[Back Creek Books]

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(No. 8638 )  Robinson, John and George Francis Dow. THE SAILING SHIPS OF NEW 
ENGLAND, SERIES TWO (PUBLICATION NUMBER FIVE OF THE MARINE RESEARCH 
SOCIETY).
Salem: Marine Research Society, 1924. First printing, Full cloth, Quarto, 51 
pages, [208] leaves of plates, black & white plates. Very Good.
      An excellent pictorial record of New England shipping along with an 
interesting introduction on Donald McKay, builder of clipper ships. One 
interesting anecdote concerns the Trent Affair early in the U.S. Civil War. 
McKay was in England at the time as war sentiment was aroused over the 
incident, and wrote a lengthy letter to the British press describing the 
vast shipping resources of the North. McKay was well respected in shipping 
circles and his comments no doubt bore some weight. ALBION p. 133. Bound in 
dark blue cloth over boards with gilt-stamped spine lettering. Minor 
extremity rubs, prior owner inscription dated 1924 on front free 
endpaper....... $75.00
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