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The Panama Canal: The World's Greatest Engineering Feat
by ANONYMOUS
nd. Card covers. Very good +. [50 p.]. 24 x 30 cm. 24 pasted-in colour illustrations. Tan card covers tied with cord. Pasted-on illustration is loosening a bit at bottom. Former owner's label on first page. Contains two-page commentary in both English and Spanish, then the illustrations with captions in both languages. Views of the canal itself, street scenes, ships, clubs and hotels, views of City of Panama, local people. No manufacturer's name. Others have identified it as having been published by...
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The Voice of the Maritimes: Calling for Construction of the Chignecto Canal (1686-1950)
by Chignecto Canal Committee
Sackville, NB: Chignecto Canal Committee, nd. [1950?]. Staplebound. Near fine. 15 p. 23 cm. Staplebound booklet. Former owner's label on first leaf. Features timeline, various resolutions, canal committees.
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The Canals of South West England
by Hadfield Charles
Newton Abbot, Great Britain: David & Charles, 1967. First Thus . Buckram. Very Good++/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st edition thus. 8vo. 206 pages including detailed index. This is one The Canals of the British Isles series. Very well illustrated throughout with 16 good black and white photographic plates and 11 good text illustrations and maps. Name of previous owner at top corner of front end paper. In original rich blue buckram gilt hard cover binding. Very Good++ in...
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NZ$21.30
The Brecon & Abergavenny Section of the Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal
by Norris John
West Sussex, Great Britain: The Author , 1998. 3rd Edition . Soft cover. Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This is a 1998 3rd edition of a 1991 original. 8vo. 73 pages. Nicely produced on quality paper. Contains 1 whole page map , numerous section maps, some excellent colour plates and a very comprehensive and informative text. A most attractive and useful book. In original glossy green pictorial card covers with a spiral binding. Very Good++.
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NZ$8.52
Report from Special Committee to Investigate the Panama Canal Company, 1893
by Special Committee
Washington DC, 1893. Hardcover. As new. Report No. 2615, 52nd Congress, 2nd Session, March 3, 1893. 8 p. 23 cm. Bound in quarter red cloth with grey marbled paper boards. Tiny tear in spine label. Former owner's label on front endpaper and bookbinder's label on rear pastedown.
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Canal Holiday Cruisers
by The Wyvern Shipping Co
Leighton Buzzard, Beds.: The Wyvern Shipping Co, 1975. Booklet. Good. 20 p. 21 cm. B&w photos and boat diagrams. Staplebound booklet. Light wear. Former owner's label on first page. Some ink signatures and notations. Tucked inside is a 1975 receipt, flyers showing new boats and prices for 1976, company hire plan for 1976. Family operated company since 1961 operating on a variety of inland waterways in Britain such as the Oxford Canal and Leicester Canal.
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Report on Ship Canal From the Great Lakes to the Navigable Waters of the Hudson River
by ANONYMOUS
[Washington], 1896. Hardcover. Fine. 54th Congress, 1st Session, Report No. 423. 50 p. 23 cm. Bound in green cloth with marbled paper. Cream label. Label of former owner attached to front endpaper. Small bookbinder's label (Swansong) on rear pastedown.
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Memorial of the Corporation of the City of Washington, Remonstrating Against the surrender of the State of Maryland of the stock held by that Corporation in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
by Corporation of the City of Washington
Washington, 1840. Hardcover. Near Fine. 26th Congress, 1st Session. Report No. 277. 250 p. 24 cm. Bound in blue cloth with marbled boards. Former owner's label on front endpaper and small bookseller's label on rear pastedown. Occasional spotting.
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The Canals of The West Midlands
by Hadfield, Charles
Newton Abbot: David & Charles. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1983. Third Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. 0715386441 . Fine blue cloth & gilt hardcover. No inscriptions or marks. Fine unclipped dust jacket which is faded to the spine. 16 black & white plates with 20 text illustrations and maps. ; Canals of the British Isles; Black & white plates and maps; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 352 pages .
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NZ$29.81
Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association Thirty-third Annual Convention, Richmond, VA. October 14-16, 1940
by ROOSEVELT, President Franklin D. et al
The Association, 1940. Stamped cloth. ex library-good. 7 p. 22 cm. Staplebound booklet. Ex library with ink stamp. Former owner's label inside. Roosevelt gives his greetings, as do Vice President John N. Garner, Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson, Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox, J. W. Bailey, J. J. Mansfield, and Rear Admiral R. R. Waesche.
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Letter from the Secretary of War, Transmitting a Report, Map, and Estimate, of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal to Alexandria, in the Distict of Columbia
by Secretary of War
Washington DC, 1828. Hardcover. Near fine. Document No. 254, 20th Congress, 1st Session, April 21, 1828. Printed by Gales & Seaton. 14 p. 23 cm. Vertical cross section of the Potomac River just above Georgetown Ferry at rear. Bound in quarter floral cloth with cream paper boards. Former owner's label on front endpaper and small bookbinder's sticker on rear pastedown.
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NZ$170.22
Saint Marys Falls Canal: Exercises at the Semi-Centennial Celebration at Sault Saint Marie, Michigan, August 2 and 3 1905
by MOORE, Charles (ed.)
Detroit, Michigan: The Semi-Centennial Commission, 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex library-very good. xix, 285 p. 28 cm. Colour frontispiece, b&w illustrations throughout. Burgundy cloth hardcover with gold print. Owner's signature and stamp on front endpapers and rear of title (Eugene d'Aumont-Coté). Library blind stamps on title page. Another former owner's label on a front leaf. Cloth remains very clean and pages bright and neat. Includes a history of the canal by John H. Goff, and papers...
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Letter From the Chief Clerk of the War Department. Transmitting A copy of the report of Maj. G. L. Gillispie, Corps of Engineers, on routes for a canal to connect Wabash River and Lake Michigan
by Chief Clerk of the War Department
Washington, 1876. Hardcover. Very Good. 44th Congress, 1st Session, Ex. Doc. No. 86. 11 p. 23 cm. Bound in blue cloth with blue paper boards. Cream label. Former owner's label attached to front endpaper. Small bookbinder's label (Swansong) on rear pastedown.
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Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association Official Convention Call 1929
by MOORE, J. Hampton
Philadelphia: Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association, 1929. Near fine. One 28 cm broadside. Three horizontal creases. New York-up-Hudson Convention, Sept. 23-27, 1929.
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NZ$42.56
Report of the Secretary of War, Communicating, In compliance with the resolution of the Senate of December 14, 1870, the report of the Engineer Bureau on the proposed ship canal from Fort St. Philip to Breton Island
by Secretary of War
Washington DC, 1871. Hardcover. Near fine. Document No. 38, 41st Congress, 3rd Session, February 10, 1871. 4 p. 24 cm. Bound in striped cloth with cream paper. Former owner's label on front endpaper and bookbinder's label on rear pastedown. Paper has a couple of small spots on edge.
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Report on Niagara Ship Canal, To accomapny Bill H. R. No. 432, May 11, 1858
by ANONYMOUS
Washington DC, 1858. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good +. 12 p. 23 cm. Report No. 374, 35th Congress, 1st Session, May 11, 1858. Quarter blue cloth with marbled boards. Dampstains to lower corners and edges. Former owner's label on a front endpaper. Asks for grant of lands to aid in construction of a ship canal around Niagara Falls.
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Commerce, Life-Saving and the National Defense: Resolutions Adopted by the Thirty-fifth Annual Convention Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association, Philadelphia, Pa., October 23, 1942
by DAVIS, Frank S., et al
1942. Staplebound. ex library-good. 8 p. 22 cm. Staplebound booklet. Ex library with notations and stamps. Former owner's label on first page.
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Canal Record, July 8, 1908
by The Canal Record
Ancon, Canal Zone: The Canal Record, 1908. Vol. I No. 45, July 8, 1908. Very good. Pages 354 to 360. 33 cm. Unfolds to reveal additional pages. Includes blueprint diagram of a typical cross section of the canal widened by the Americans. Horizontal crease. Small tears. Published weekly under the authority and superivsion of the Isthmian Canal Commission. Contains notes of progress, June excavations, June rainfall, record of excavation since American occupation, social life, personal, and movement of...
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An Act for extending the Wyrley and Essington Canal
by ANONYMOUS
London, 1794. No Binding. Very good +. Pages 343 to 354. 30 cm. Bound with thread only. "Anno Tricesimo Quarto Georgii III. Regis. Cap. XXV. 28th March 1794."
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NZ$127.66
The Illinois and Michigan Canal
by SPITZNAGEL, Louis J
Lockport, Ill: Illinois Canal Society, 1984. Staplebound. Near fine. 18 p. 28 cm. One map. Staplebound softcover. Former owner's label on first page.
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The Niagara Ship Canal" and "Reciprocity:" Papers written for the "Buffalo Commercial Advertiser" by J. D. Hayes, Esq. Together With the Speech of Hon. Israel T. Hatch in the Convention at Detroit, July 14, 1865
by HAYES, J. D.; HATCH, Israel T
Buffalo: Board of Trade, 1865. Soft cover. Good. 58 p. 23 cm. Tan paper covers. Nicks in spine. Light soiling with ink signatures and marks on covers. Front cover, title, and first page perforated at centre. Topics: the Niagara Ship Canal scheme; reciprocity with the British North American provinces (fishing, coal, wool, live stock, lumber, breadstuffs, navigation); speech of Hatch at Commercial Convention, July 14, 1865.
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British Canals
by Hadfield, Charles
Newton Abbot: David & Charles. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1973. Fourth Edition; New impression. Hardcover with dust jacket. 0715346733 . Fine blue cloth hard cover, no inscriptions or marks, fine dust jacket which has been price clipped. An excellent copy. 20 black & white plates, 42 illustrations in text and 17 maps. The Master volume in the Canals of the British Isles series. ; Canals of the British Isles; Black & white plates and maps; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 291 pages .
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NZ$17.04
Report on Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company
by ANONYMOUS
Washington, 1842. 27th Congress, 2d Session. Senate 313. Hardcover. Very Good. 4 p. 24 cm. Bound in quarter cloth with marbled boards. Owner's label on a front endpaper. Small tear in spine label.
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Society of the Chagres Year Book 1915
by BAXTER, John K
Society of the Chagres, 1916. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 183 p. 21 cm. Red cloth hardcover with gold print. A few tiny marks to cloth and bumped corners. Owner's label on front free endpaper. Occasional small stains to margins.
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NZ$85.11
The Bude Canal
by Harris, Helen; Ellis, Monica
Newton Abbot: David & Charles. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1972. First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. 0715355740 . Fine cream cloth hardcover, no inscriptions or marks. Fine unclipped dust jacket. Colour frontis and a further 31 Black & white plates and 14 test illustrations including maps. ; Black & white plates, drawings and maps; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 192 pages .
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NZ$31.94
