diff --git a/src/api/ledger/orders.js b/src/api/ledger/orders.js
index 9f5893da..7eafea95 100644
--- a/src/api/ledger/orders.js
+++ b/src/api/ledger/orders.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ function requestAccountOffers(remote, address, ledgerVersion, options,
   remote.requestAccountOffers({
     account: address,
     marker: marker,
-    limit: limit,
+    limit: utils.clamp(limit, 10, 400),
     ledger: ledgerVersion
   },
   composeAsync((data) => ({
@@ -23,13 +23,11 @@ function getOrders(account, options, callback) {
   validate.address(account);
   validate.getOrdersOptions(options);
 
-  const defaultLimit = 100;
-  const limit = options.limit || defaultLimit;
   const ledgerVersion = options.ledgerVersion
                       || this.remote.getLedgerSequence();
   const getter = _.partial(requestAccountOffers, this.remote, account,
                            ledgerVersion, options);
-  utils.getRecursive(getter, limit,
+  utils.getRecursive(getter, options.limit,
     composeAsync((orders) => _.sortBy(orders,
       (order) => order.properties.sequence), callback));
 }
diff --git a/src/api/ledger/transactions.js b/src/api/ledger/transactions.js
index e2eea955..781a7686 100644
--- a/src/api/ledger/transactions.js
+++ b/src/api/ledger/transactions.js
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ const parseTransaction = require('./parse/transaction');
 const getTransaction = require('./transaction');
 const validate = utils.common.validate;
 const composeAsync = utils.common.composeAsync;
-const DEFAULT_LIMIT = 100;
 
 function parseAccountTxTransaction(tx) {
   // rippled uses a different response format for 'account_tx' than 'tx'
@@ -47,7 +46,7 @@ function getAccountTx(remote, address, options, marker, limit, callback) {
     ledger_index_max: options.maxLedgerVersion || -1,
     forward: options.earliestFirst,
     binary: options.binary,
-    limit: Math.max(limit || DEFAULT_LIMIT, 10),
+    limit: utils.clamp(limit, 10, 400),
     marker: marker
   };
 
@@ -64,11 +63,10 @@ function getAccountTx(remote, address, options, marker, limit, callback) {
 }
 
 function getTransactionsInternal(remote, address, options, callback) {
-  const limit = options.limit || DEFAULT_LIMIT;
   const compare = options.earliestFirst ? utils.compareTransactions :
     _.rearg(utils.compareTransactions, 1, 0);
   const getter = _.partial(getAccountTx, remote, address, options);
-  utils.getRecursive(getter, limit,
+  utils.getRecursive(getter, options.limit,
     composeAsync((txs) => txs.sort(compare), callback));
 }
 
diff --git a/src/api/ledger/trustlines.js b/src/api/ledger/trustlines.js
index 0a1be196..d73eb7c9 100644
--- a/src/api/ledger/trustlines.js
+++ b/src/api/ledger/trustlines.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ function getAccountLines(remote, address, ledgerVersion, options, marker, limit,
     account: address,
     ledger: ledgerVersion,
     marker: marker,
-    limit: Math.max(limit, 10),
+    limit: utils.clamp(limit, 10, 400),
     peer: options.counterparty
   };
 
@@ -40,13 +40,11 @@ function getTrustlines(
   validate.address(account);
   validate.getTrustlinesOptions(options);
 
-  const defaultLimit = 100;
-  const limit = options.limit || defaultLimit;
   const ledgerVersion = options.ledgerVersion
                       || this.remote.getLedgerSequence();
   const getter = _.partial(getAccountLines, this.remote, account,
                            ledgerVersion, options);
-  utils.getRecursive(getter, limit, callback);
+  utils.getRecursive(getter, options.limit, callback);
 }
 
 module.exports = utils.wrapCatch(getTrustlines);
diff --git a/src/api/ledger/utils.js b/src/api/ledger/utils.js
index efed8d22..83aa20c4 100644
--- a/src/api/ledger/utils.js
+++ b/src/api/ledger/utils.js
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
 'use strict';
 const _ = require('lodash');
+const assert = require('assert');
 const common = require('../common');
 const dropsToXrp = common.dropsToXrp;
 const composeAsync = common.composeAsync;
 
+function clamp(value, min, max) {
+  assert(min <= max, 'Illegal clamp bounds');
+  return Math.min(Math.max(value, min), max);
+}
+
 function getXRPBalance(remote, address, ledgerVersion, callback) {
   remote.requestAccountInfo({account: address, ledger: ledgerVersion},
     composeAsync((data) => dropsToXrp(data.account_data.Balance), callback));
@@ -29,7 +35,7 @@ function getRecursiveRecur(getter, marker, limit, callback) {
 }
 
 function getRecursive(getter, limit, callback) {
-  getRecursiveRecur(getter, undefined, limit, callback);
+  getRecursiveRecur(getter, undefined, limit || Infinity, callback);
 }
 
 function renameCounterpartyToIssuer(amount) {
@@ -86,6 +92,7 @@ module.exports = {
   getRecursive,
   hasCompleteLedgerRange,
   wrapCatch: common.wrapCatch,
+  clamp: clamp,
   common: common
 };