STREET OF SHIPS by Daugherty, Charles M., Jr. New York: Henry Holt and Company, (1942). First edition, first printing. Charming illustrations by the author. Bookseller's very very faint stamp to pastedown, else fine and tight, in cream-tweed linen with blue lettering; in a nearly fine dust jacket, showing only a trace of shelf-edge wear. Novel of South Street in New York during the heyday of the clipper ships centers on young Kent Peyton, determined to make his way in the world and to find some trace of his missing father, a ship's captain lost at sea. Scarce first edition! FREE SHIPPING TO THE USA PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT FIRST EDITION BOOKS THANKS!