Chapelle, Howard I. The Search for Speed under Sail 1700-1855. First Edition. New York, W.W. Norton & Company Inc., 1967. 20 cm x 26.5 cm. 453 pages. Original Hardcover with original clipped dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Includes for example the following essays: The State of Naval Architecture and Shipbuilding in the Eighteenth Century, 1700 - 1760, 1760 - 1793, 1793 - 1812, 1812 - 1820, 1820 - 1845, and 1845 - 1855. Appendices include Spar Dimensions of Clipper Ship 'Sweepstakes', Spar Dimensions of Clipper Ship 'Sovereign of the Seas', and Contemporary Accounts of Clipper Ships - 'Staghound', 'Lightning', 'Herald of the Morning', and 'Red Jacket'. Illustrated throughout in black and white. Illustrations include for example:- Model of American-built schooner 'St Ann' c.1736, Royal Navy lugger 'Experiment', Three plans of Danish xebec 'Lindormen' 1771, Sail plan of brig 'Spark' 1813, and Mexican revenue cutter built by William Webb 1851. - from Amzon