THE TEA CLIPPERS by DAVID R. MacGREGOR. (Tea trade 1849 - 1869)

Hard cover, no jacket, 272 pages, first edition published by Percival Marshall & Co, London in 1952; with drawings by the author, b/w photographs, fold out diagrams of clippers. Good clean copy. Signature and dated address of previous owner on front end page. 
This is an account of the China Tea Trade and of some of the British sailing ships engaged in it from 1849 to 1869.
No overseas shipping.