1946 The Opium Clippers

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Folding Maps, Folding Plates, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

The second edition. In the publisher's smart full cloth binding with gilt pictorial detail. Complete with a photograph frontispiece of the author, 59 plates, of which one is in colour, one fold-out plate, five in text maps and two fold out maps. Collated complete. A fascinating account of the merchant sailing vessels, known as clippers, used for the opium trade in China and Japan. Beginning with the early days of the trade, then recounting topics such as The Opium War, the Second World War, and the final years of the practice. Written by Basil Lubbock, a notable British historian, sailor and soldier, who has an extensive bibliography of works regarding maritime topics.