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Little Brown, 1984. 1st. hardcover. A VERY FINE crisp copy in a NEAR FINE bright dj. Photographs by Colin Jones.
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San Marcos: Southwest Texas State Teachers College, 1954. First edition. Stapled paper wrappers. A very good copy with minor shelfwear and browning to wrappers, contents near fine with slight offsetting from bookplate on title, else clean.. 48 pp. Illus. with 3 b/w folding maps. 8vo. Provenance: Bookplate from the Library of Walter Prescott Webb, historian, and signed by Terrell Webb.
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Washington: Library of Congress, 1908. Card Covers. Fair. 59 p. 26 cm. Card covers. Front detached. Chips and tears. Ink stamp and former owner's label on title page.
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Chicago: Children's Press, n.d.. First edition. Illustrated paper-covered boards. A fine copy.. 31 pp. Illus. with color photos. Sm. 4to.
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Washington DC: GPO, 1861. 131, 14, 154, 30, 7, 31pp, in 5 parts with appendices A-D, 24 total plates (including 7 plates in color by Heinrich Baldwin Mollhausen depicting Indians), 2 folding maps, and one profile. 29cm. Rebound in red cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Foxing, last two pages stained at the corners; map slightly foxed, tears professionally repaired. In very good condition. [Wagner-Camp: 375; Sabin: 35308; Howes: I92]
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St. Catherines: Port Dalhousie Works, 1979. Second printing. Illustrated paper wrappers (paperback). A near fine copy.. 90 pp. Bibliography. Illus. with b/w photos. Sq. 8vo.
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Caterham, Great Britain: Railway & Canal Historical Society, 1974. 1st edition. 70 pages including several excellent detailed maps. This is an expertly written account of the waterways and railways surrounding Warrington. A scarce first edition. In original pictorial blue card covers. Very Good++. REDUCED POSTAGE ON THIS ITEM. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good++. Small 4to.
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New York: National Travel Club, 1941. First edition. A very good+ copy. No dust jacket.. 356 pp. Illus. with b/w drawings and maps. 8vo. The Rivers of America. Limited Boston edition # 404, signed by author.
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This is a clean, tight copy. There are 40 double sided glossy plates showing various vessels on the Great Lakes. Also coloured glossy pictures of the stacks of prominent Great Lake Fleets. A very attractive book.
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New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1932. First edition. Hardcover. 232pp. Octavo [22 cm] Red cloth covered boards with gilt stamped titles on the spine and front cover (The gilt on the spine has rubbed off). Very good. The extremities are gently bumped and rubbed. The spine is sunned, and just a little stained. There are a handful of small stains on the text block edges, and the top edge of the text block is darkened. The pages are tanned, and have occasional light foxing. Foreword by Julius F. Stone. Robert Brewster Stanton was a civil engineer and surveyor of canyons in Colorado for the Colorado Canyon and Pacific Railroad Company between 1889 and 1890.
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New York: The Literary Guild of America, 1938. Hardcover. Good in Poor dust jacket. Illustrated by Alexander Key. Sound binding and hinges. Clean, age-darkened pages. Cloth over boards is edge rubbed with bumped corners, overall light shelf wear. DJ tattered, front flap detached but present. ; History, description, and folklore of the Suwannee River. Essay by Constance Lindsay Skinner, "Rivers and American Folk," at end. ; Rivers of America; 8.25" tall; 309 pages.
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Washington City: Philp & Solomons, 1869. Soft cover. Fair. 57 p. 24 cm. 2 fold-out maps (1 colour), b&w map, 2 b&w illustrations. Original covers attached to white paper. Ink signature on front cover. Folding maps extensively repaired. Title page attached with repair paper. Former owner's label attached inside front cover. Bottom corner of p. 23 dampstained. Front cover gives date as 1870.
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New York: Gay Brothers, 1890. First edition. Cloth. Head and heel of spine with small chips, top section of front hinge split, minor archival repair to top of inner front hinge, but still quite tight and overall a good solid copy.. Frontispieces (2), xxxi, 698 pp. Illus. with 230 b/w drawings, 1 photo, & 1 steel engraving. Sm. 4to. One of the least common of Lossing many works, this volume contains marvelous drawings in the section Great Wonderlands: from the Catskills, Adirondacs, and White Mountains to the Rockies, Columbia River, and Alaska. Of particular note is the View of Lake Minnewaska and Glen Mountain House. (The full title concludes with: ..."the story of our marvelous progress and growth as a nation; with picturesque sketches of our continent beyond the states comprising views in the dominion of Canada, her provinces and cities; the Republic of Mexico; Cuba, the gem of the Antilles; the Bahama Islands, and all the countries of South and Central America, their capitals and seaports).
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Burton on Trent: J.M. Pearson, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 210 p. 22 cm. B&w photographs in centre section. Blue cloth hardcover in mylar-covered dustjacket. Owner's label on half title. A history of the Inland Waterways Association by one of its founders.
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Radcliffe, Great Britain: Neil Richardson, 1985. 1st edition. A5. 82 pages. Well illustrated throughout with maps, plans and black and white photographic plates. A mine of information on the canal. In original attractive pictorial grey card covers. Very Good+. REDUCED POSTAGE ON THIS ITEM. Delph Books Tel: 0161 764 4488. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good+. A5.
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New York: The John Day Company, 1963. Willard Price explores the Mississippi River from source to mouth. Here in word and 48 photographs is the story of America's watery backbone, past and present told in the most interesting way. It provides a wealth of history that we should all understand and appreciate. The photographs are by the author and Mary Virginia Price. An index is also supplied. A sound, clean book in a photo illustrated, price-intact dust jacket.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.
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Water Information Center, 1976-01-01. Unknown Binding. Very Good. Ex-library hardcover no dj (red boards) in very nice condition with the usual library markings and attachments. Text block clean and unmarked. Tight binding.
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San Francisco: Pacific Division/American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1979. Paperback. 493p., coated paperstock illustrated with charts, maps and diagrams; softbound in 10x7 inch decorated wraps. Mild external signs of wear, top edge has a couple light bumps, ownership name of [A. Starker] Leopold on cover (he was a Berkeley prof and environmentalist), good clean copy. Fifty-eighth annual meeting of the Pacific Division held at SF State University June 12-16, 1977.
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Washington DC. 28p, illustrations. 22cm. With the fold-out map, "Reconnaissance of the Colorado River" attached to the last page. Removed. Slightly toned, map slightly foxed, small portion of one corner missing with no impact on content. In very good condition. [Hasse p. 27]
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Keele, Great Britain: University of Keele, 1989. 1st edition. 8vo. 183 pages including list of subscribers and bibliography. Contains many good illustrations, maps and plans in black and white. This is volume II in the Staffordshire Heritage Series. An excellent detailed account of the canal pioneers in Staffordshire and the Midlands. In attractive pictorial soft covers. Fine. A real bargain!. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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John Day, 1963. First American Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 188 pages + b/w photos. Ex-library with typical marks, light discoloring and wear; good sound binding. Contents include Backbone of America; Infant Mississippi; Land of 10,000 Lakes; The Parboiled Nudes; Lumberjacks and Monsters; Small Boat Big River; The Heavenly Twins; Steamboat Memories; Miracle of the Towboat; Cities that Never Were; Aboard the Huck Finn; Playboat and Showboat; Cairo is in Egypt; A River Changes Its Sex; The Shantyboat; Old Al Abdicates; The Great WAll; Snagboat and Delta Queen; New Orleans and BEyond; Deep Delta. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Standard Weight. Category: American History; Inventory No: 109528. .
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Radcliffe, Great Britain: Neil Richardson, 1990. 3rd edition. A4. 12 pages. It consists of 3 studies in local canal history by Dr Hugh Malet. Well illustrated trhoughout with good black and white photographic plates and drawings including a double spread plan of the Duke of Bridgewater navigable canal in 1769.A very interesting and informative item. In original attractive pictorial buff card covers. Very Good+. REDUCED POSTAGE ON THIS ITEM. . Third Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good+. A4.
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Washington DC, 1867. Ex. Doc. No. 15. Hardcover. Near fine. 43 p. 24 cm. Large fold-out map of Rock River at rear. Half grey cloth with blue paper boards. Former owner's sticker on front endpaper and small bookbinder's label on rear pastedown. House of Representatives. 40th Congress, 1st Session. "March 20, 1867,--Resolved, That there be printed of the report of Brovet Major General J. H. Wilson, upon the survey and examination o fhte Rock River, when presented, seven hundred and fifty for the use of the Bureau of Engineers."
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Chesterfield, Great Britain: Derbyshire Record Society, 2015. 1st edition. 8vo. 192 pages including detailed index. This is an excellent detailed record of the running of the company over a 10 year period from 1789 to 1799. In original black cloth gilt hard cover binding. Fine in Fine attractive pictorial dust wrapper. MAY REQUIRE EXTRA POSTAGE OUTSIDE UK. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo.
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Edinburgh: W. H. White & Co, 1896. Cloth Bound. Good. [8], 218, [2] p. 33 cm. Colour frontispiece and 47 b&w illustrations. Green cloth hardcover with green and red impressing. Moderate wear, spine ends softened, corners worn. Hinges cracked internally. Thumbing.
