The Flying Cloud and Her First Passengers - SIGNED Hardcover
LYON, Margaret; Flora Elizabeth Reynolds
From Long Brothers Fine & Rare Books, ABAA, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 01 May 2020
From Long Brothers Fine & Rare Books, ABAA, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 01 May 2020
About this Item
Oblong 8vo. Pp. ix, 158. Frontis. black & white halftone reproduction of a Chinese painting of the clipper in Whampoa anchorage. Illustrated with drawings, charts, and a document facsimile. With appendices. Green cloth, black titles on the spine and illustration on the cover, beige laid endpapers. Edition limited to 25 case bound and 175 perfect bound. Signed by the authors in black ball point on the front flyleaf. Spine a trifle sunned, very light soiling to covers. California pioneer Israel Whitney Lyon's great-granddaughter's well-researched story of the 1851-52 maiden voyage of the extreme clipper Flying Cloud from New York to San Francisco in a record 89 days 22 hours, then to China and back via the Cape of Good Hope. The result of a ten year collaboration with Mills College Librarian Elizabeth Reynolds, in the scarce deluxe binding. Seller Inventory # 7286
Bibliographic Details
Title: The Flying Cloud and Her First Passengers - ...
Publisher: Mills College Center for the Book, Oakland
Publication Date: 1992
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good+
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: Limited Edition.
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