Editing Clipper (section)

==Further reading==
* Carl C. Cutler, ''Greyhounds of the Sea'' (1930, 3rd ed. [[Naval Institute Press]] 1984)
* Alexander Laing, ''Clipper Ship Men'' (1944)
* David R. MacGregor, ''Fast Sailing Ships: Their Design and Construction, 1775–1875''  Naval Institute Press, 1988 {{ISBN|0-87021-895-6}} 
* Oxford English Dictionary (1987) {{ISBN|0-19-861212-5}}.
* Bruce D. Roberts, ''Clipper Ship Sailing Cards,'' 2007, Lulu.com.  {{ISBN|978-0-9794697-0-1}}.
* Bruce D. Roberts, ''Clipper Ship Cards:  The High-Water Mark in Early Trade Cards,'' The Advertising Trade Card Quarterly 1, no. 1 (Spring 1994): 20–22.
* Bruce D. Roberts, ''Clipper Ship Cards:  Graphic Themes and Images,'' The Advertising Trade Card Quarterly 1, no. 2 (Summer 1994): 22–24.
* Bruce D. Roberts, ''Museum Collections of Clipper Ship Cards,'' The Advertising Trade Card Quarterly 2, no. 1 (Spring 1995): 22–24.
* Bruce D. Roberts, ''Selling Sail with Clipper Ship Cards,'' Ephemera News 19, no. 2 (Winter 2001): 1, 11–14.
* {{cite book|author=Chris and Lesley Holden|title=Life and Death on the Royal Charter|publisher=Calgo Publications |isbn=978-0-9545066-2-9|year=2009}}

===Overview and introduction===
* {{cite book |last=Knoblock |first=Glenn A. |title=The American Clipper Ship, 1845–1920: A Comprehensive History, with a Listing of Builders and Their Ships |location=Jefferson |publisher=McFarland |year=2014 |isbn=978-0-7864-7112-6}}
* {{cite web | url=http://www.eraoftheclipperships.com/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100330192639/http://www.eraoftheclipperships.com/ | archive-date=2010-03-30 | title=Era of the Clipper Ships Web Site | access-date=3 September 2011| author=Ross, Donald Gunn III}} – Beautifully illustrated introduction, by a member of Donald McKay's family
* {{Cite book
  | last = Clark
  | first = Arthur H.
  | title = The Clipper Ship Era, An Epitome of Famous American and British Clipper Ships, Their Owners, Builders, Commanders, and Crews, 1843–1869
  | publisher = G.P. Putnam's Sons
  | year = 1910
  | location = Camden, ME
  | isbn = 978-0-7222-0657-7
 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=HVYuAAAAYAAJ&q=the%20clipper%20ship%20era%20clark&pg=PR1
  }} – Basic reading, a favorite of [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]]
* [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award99/mymhihtml/mymhihome.html Westward by Sea: A Maritime Perspective on American Expansion, 1820–1890], digitized source materials from [[Mystic Seaport]], via [[American Memory|Library of Congress American Memory]]
* {{Cite book
  | last = Currier & Ives
  | author-link = Currier and Ives
  | title = American clipper ship prints by the Curriers
  | publisher = The American Neptune
  | series = [[American Neptune]]
  | year = 1959
  | location = Salem, MA
   }}

===American clipper ships===
* {{Cite book
  | last = Cutler
  | first = Carl C
  | title = Greyhounds of the sea: The story of the American clipper ship
  | publisher = Naval Institute Press
  | year = 1984
  | edition = 3rd
  | location = Annapolis, MD
  | isbn = 978-0-87021-232-1}} – The definitive narrative history, useful for checking discrepancies between sources
* {{Cite book
  | last = Crothers
  | first = William L
  | title = The American-built clipper ship, 1850–1856 : characteristics, construction, and details
  | publisher = International Marine
  | year = 1997
  | location = Camden, ME
  | isbn = 0-07-014501-6}} – The comprehensive reference for design and construction of American-built clipper ships, with numerous drawings, diagrams, and charts. Gives examples of how each design feature varies in different ships.
* {{Cite book
  | last1 = Howe
  | first1 = Octavius T
  | last2 = Matthews
  | first2 = Frederick C.
  | title = American Clipper Ships 1833–1858. Volume 1 and 2
  | publisher = Marine Research Society; Dover Publications
  | orig-year = First published 1926–1927
  | date = 1986
  | location = Salem, MA; New York
  | url = https://archive.org/details/americanclippers0000howe
  | isbn = 978-0-486-25115-8
  | url-access = registration
  }} Articles on individual ships, broader coverage than Crothers

===Clipper ships by type===
* {{Cite book
  | last = Lubbock
  | first = Basil
  | title = The China clippers. The Century seafarers
  | publisher = Century
  | year = 1984
  | location = London
  | isbn = 978-0-7126-0341-6
}}
* {{Cite book
  | last = Lubbock
  | first = Basil
  | title = The Colonial Clippers
  | publisher = James Brown & Son
  | edition = 2nd
  | orig-year = 1921
  | year = 1968
  | location = Glasgow
  | pages = [https://archive.org/details/colonialclippers00lubbrich/page/86 86]–87
  | oclc = 7831041
  | url = https://archive.org/details/colonialclippers00lubbrich
  }} – British and Australian clippers
* {{Cite book
  | last = Lubbock
  | first = Basil
  | title = The Nitrate Clippers
  | publisher = Brown, Son & Ferguson
  | edition = 1st
  | year = 1932
  | location = Glasgow
  | pages = 86–87
  | isbn = 978-0-85174-116-1
  }}
* {{Cite book
  | last = Lubbock
  | first = Basil
  | title = The Opium Clippers
  | publisher = Charles E. Lauriat Co
  | orig-year = 1933| year = 1967
  | location = Boston, MA
  | isbn = 978-0-85174-241-0
}} – One of the few comprehensive books on these ships