Steamboat Days
by Dayton, Fred E. & Adams, John W
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/No Jacket
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1925., 1925. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition. Octavo, navy blue cloth with gilt titles, decoration and spine titles. Top edge stained blue. 436pp. Illustrated throughout with full page black and white plates and in text drawings by John Wolcott Adams. A history of the early steamboats of New England, the Great Lakes and the Mississippi. A very tight, clean, unmarked copy with bright gilt. Topstain a bit faded and part of two letters slightly dulled on front title. Near fine (without dust jacket)..
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- Bookseller
- Brillig Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 05123
- Title
- Steamboat Days
- Author
- Dayton, Fred E. & Adams, John W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1925.
- Date Published
- 1925
- Keywords
- DAYTON, ADAMS, ILLUSTRATED, ILLUSTRATOR, ILLUSTRATIONS, STEAM, TRANSPORTATION, STEAMBOAT, BOAT, PADDLE WHEEL, SHIP, SHIPPING, MODERN, ENGINE, POWERED, NEW ENGLAND, YORK, CONNECTICUT, RHODE ISLAND, PROVIDENCE, HUDSON, RIVER, HISTORY, HISTORICAL, JOHN W.
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Brillig Books
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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