S.S. Savannah: The Elegant Steam Ship by Braynard, Frank O. (Francis Osborn "Frank") - 1963

Dover Publications, Incorporated, 1996. Paperback. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Dover. reprint,1988. Very Good soft cover. 12mo,soft covers,249+pp,illus. edgewear,nicks,tip of foot corner missing cover. top corner bumped.

Dover Pubns, 1988-06-01. Paperback. Very Good. (NB31 APR24R1AL) age toning, edge/point wear, no underlining or highlighting within

University of Georgia Press, 1963. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Fair. 249 pages. Light shelf wear, pages toned; a sound binding; very good otherwise. The jacket has some discoloring, chips and tears. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Ships & the Sea; Inventory No: 208133. .

Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1963. A square, tight copy. Sharp corners. One edge of the Dust Jacket has an old water spot. No chips. No tears. No creases. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Pages are fresh and clean. This is the previously untold story of the first steam-powered vessel to cross the Atlantic in 1819. With 24 pages of illustrations. Includes much of interest on the role of Stephen Vail and his Speedwell Iron Works. It was at Speedwell near Morristown, New Jersey that the Savannah's steam engine was fabricated. [Speedwell Iron Works was also where Stephen Vail's son Alfred perfected the telegraph in the 1830s. Contrary to popular belief, it was Alfred Vail, not Samuel Morse, who made the telegraph a success]. This book contains a Preface and 15 chapters: 1) Moses Rogers; 2) Savannah Signposts; 3) A Laudable and Meritorious Experiment; 4) The Savannah Takes Form; 5) The Engine; 6) Most Tidy and Brilliant; 7) Sea Legs; 8) Chasing a… Read More

New York: Dover Publications, 1988 Signed by the author on flyleaf "to Ted Rebelowski with best wishes Frank O. Braynard Oct. 19, 1990" with blue pen. 8vo softcover. xii, 249 pages plus ads at back. Clean. Tightly bound. Fine condition.

Athens: Univ. Of Georgia Press. Hardcover. 1963. 1st Edition. 8vo 249pp . Very Good in Very Good DJ. B&W Illustrations DJ front panel has three small edge chips This is the story of a ship and her pioneer master, Moses Rogers, who had the revolutionary idea of making the first trans-Atlantic voyage in a steam- propelled vessel .

(Athens: University of Georgia Press: 1963) First Edition. Cloth (that is, hard covers) pp. xii, 249. Illustrated. Notes. Selected Bibliography. Index. First Edition. Fine copy in about fine dust-jacket.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press, 1963. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 249pp. Small "withdrawn stamp on front pastedown", owner's gift inscription on front pastedown, spine lightly yellowed, else very good in a very good dustwrapper with spine faded, spine ends and corners nicked. Inscribed by the author on the front fly.