Before the Mast in The Clippers
first edition
1937 · New York
by Gosnell, Harpur Allan
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1937. First Limited Edition. Near fine in 3/4 red cloth and paper covered boards with a gilt on red title block fixed to the front board. In a good, glassine dust jacket with a very large chip to the rear panel and with smaller chips to the ends of the spine area and corners of the front panel. A limited edition copy. To a large degree the book is composed from entires from the diaries of Charles A. Abbey while he was at sea during the years 1856 to 1860 on-board a number of clipper ships. 286 pages of text, illustrations, and six fold-out maps together with extensive detail on the rigging of clipper vessels. One of only 950 copies printed this one being number 680. (Inventory #: TB15793)