{"product_id":"1906-some-recollections-by-captain-charles-p-low-fine-leather-binding-china-trade-clipper-ships","title":"1906 Some Recollections by Captain Charles P. Low | Fine Leather Binding | China Trade Clipper Ships","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e A beautifully bound early 20th-century edition of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eSome Recollections by Captain Charles P. Low: Commanding the Clipper Ships “Houqua,” “Jacob Bell,” “Samuel Russell,” and “N. B. Palmer,” in the China Trade,\u003c\/em\u003e 1847–1873\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, published in Boston by Geo. H. Ellis Co. in 1906. This is the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSecond Edition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, comprising 179 pages.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCaptain Charles Porter Low’s memoir offers a fascinating firsthand account of the great American clipper-ship era and his decades at sea during the height of the nineteenth-century China trade. Beginning with his early life and entrance into seafaring, Low recounts voyages between New York, China, and other ports; life aboard the celebrated clippers which he commanded; encounters with severe weather and typhoons; navigation, crews and shipboard routines; and the extraordinary speed and competition associated with the China trade. The ships at the center of his recollections include the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHouqua, Jacob Bell, Samuel Russell,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eN. B. Palmer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, making the volume particularly appealing to collectors of maritime history, clipper ships, exploration, and nineteenth-century commerce.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe volume is illustrated with a photographic portrait frontispiece of Captain Low together with additional portraits and maritime illustrations, including dramatic depictions of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHouqua\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e at sea and the clipper ship \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eN. B. Palmer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn a very \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehandsome blue fine leather binding\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, richly decorated in gilt and signed in gilt “Bound by The Booklovers Shop Cleveland” along the lower inner edge of the front board. Both boards feature multiple gilt-rule borders surrounding elaborate gilt ornamental devices, while the raised-band spine carries gilt compartments, a gilt-lettered title panel, and additional gilt decoration. Dentelle detailing. G\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eilt top edges with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003erough-cut fore and bottom edges\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and beautifully marbled endpapers. I\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003encluded is a gilt \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebookplate of Albert Anthony Augustus\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e mounted to the front pastedown. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSize: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e4¾” x 8”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Near Fine. A very attractive copy with a leather blue binding; richly gilt detailing, and interior clean and well preserved. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Honey Bee Mill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55066275021099,"sku":null,"price":275.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0015\/7086\/5251\/files\/IMG_6335.jpg?v=1787608880","url":"https:\/\/honeybeemill.com\/products\/1906-some-recollections-by-captain-charles-p-low-fine-leather-binding-china-trade-clipper-ships","provider":"Honey Bee Mill","version":"1.0","type":"link"}