The Nitrate Clippers
Glasgow: Brown, Son and Ferguson, (1932). First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. 4to. Pp. xii, 159. Frontis. black & white illustration. Illustrated throughout with black & white photographs. Bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering stamped on cover and spine. Bookplate. Foxing to endpapers and page margins. In the dust jacket with color illustration on front cover. Dust jacket shows fading and wear to spine panel, along with general edge-wear. Very Good+ / Very Good. Item #11275
The transportation of guano from the South Seas was big business for munitions manufactories and shipping lines. Here's a monograph on the latter. Dust jacket is now housed in a clear, removable archival protector.
Price: $40.00