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Around Manhattan Island and Other Tales of Maritime New York
by Cudahy, Brian J
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New with no dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0823217604
- ISBN 13
- 9780823217601
- Seller
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Carmarthen, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York: Fordham University Press. As New with no dust jacket. 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. 0823217604 . Laminated pictorial boards. No Dustjacket, presumed as issued. There is a gift note adressed to the former owner in pen on the front free endpaper, otherwise there are NO other inscriptions or marks. Contents cover: - Around Manhattan Island: Circle Line's First Fifty Years; When the SS United States Won The North Atlantic Blue Riband; FDNY Fireboats; Down the Bay to Coney Island: The Iron Steamboat Company; Another Disaster at Hell Gate: The Loss of the Steamboat Observation; From Ambrose Light to Five Fathom Hole: New York to Bermuda by Sea. (xii) + 269 pp. Illustrated with b/w line drawings and photographs. Eight Appendices; Index of Vessels; Index of Subjects. Overall, apart from the gift note, as detailed above, this is an Excellent, Very Clean, Tight and Bright, Near 'As New' copy. "The port of New York, Manhattan Harbor is always a'bustle; any resident or visitor to New York is quick to recognize the integral part the port plays in the life of the city, but the vessels that keep it alive are rarely focused on. In these six stories, Brian Cudahy provides us with a unique and wonderful tour of the port of New York through the twentieth century." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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- Bookseller
- Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 112176
- Title
- Around Manhattan Island and Other Tales of Maritime New York
- Author
- Cudahy, Brian J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0823217604
- ISBN 13
- 9780823217601
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1997
- Keywords
- 0823217604, Around Manhattan Island And Other Tales Of Maritime New York;, Brian J. Cudahy;, Around Manhattan Island: Circle Line's First Fifty Years; When The SS , United States Won The North Atlantic Blue Riband; FDNY Fireboats; Down The , Bay To Co
- Bookseller catalogs
- Naval/Maritime; Illustrated; American Literature; N & S. America/ USA;
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Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
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About Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
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