Description:
Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
Historical Sketch of the Fulton Ferry, and Its Associated Ferries by A Director (Henry E. Pierrepont) - 1879
by A Director (Henry E. Pierrepont)
Historical Sketch of the Fulton Ferry, and Its Associated Ferries
by A Director (Henry E. Pierrepont)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
Brooklyn: Eagle Job and Book Printing Department, 1879. 1/2 leather. Very Good +. A tight, very well-preserved copy of the 1879 1st edition of this privately-printed history ("printed for the private use of the company") of the Fulton and other late 19th century New York ferries. Solid and VG+ in its rich 1/2 morocco over marbled boards. Very light wear along the tips and the outer hinges, otherwise clean as could be. Thick quarto, matching marbed edges. Tipped-in albumen photo of the statue of Robert Fulton at the frontispiece, more than a dozen engraved illustrations and maps complementing the text.
- Bookseller Appledore Books, ABAA (US)
- Format/Binding 1/2 leather
- Book Condition Used - Very Good +
- Quantity Available 1
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Eagle Job and Book Printing Department
- Place of Publication Brooklyn
- Date Published 1879
- Keywords rare 19th century New York, rare 19th century New York transportation, rare New York ferries, rare histories of the Fulton St. Ferry