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The St. Lawrence Waterway Project
by George Washington Stephens
- Used
- Fine
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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Gleneden Beach, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Montreal: Louis Carrier & Co, 1929. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Third Impression December 1929 stated, 460 pages including index, comprehensive look into waterways, transportation, history and the St. Lawreence project, also canals between Canada and the United States, Chicago Ship Canal and more, 12 illustrations and 6 maps plus color map endpapers, four of the maps are large folding maps. Book is fine, ultra clean blue cloth boards and gilt titles to front board and spine, tight and square with sharp corners, No previous owner names or marks. Jacket is Fine expect one pea sized hole on spine edge, great illustration of natives paddling a canoe on top of a herd of horses as a huge ship closes in, also a little paper loss on rear panel from sticker, else fine and protected in new mylar sleeve. Very clean and presentable copy. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pacific Coast Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000385
- Title
- The St. Lawrence Waterway Project
- Author
- George Washington Stephens
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Louis Carrier & Co
- Place of Publication
- Montreal
- Date Published
- 1929
- Keywords
- St. Lawrence Waterway, Engineering
Terms of Sale
Pacific Coast Books
10 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 10 days after delivery if an item arrives mis-described or damaged.
About the Seller
Pacific Coast Books
Biblio member since 2015
Gleneden Beach, Oregon
About Pacific Coast Books
Pacific Coast Books specializes in quality of books of interest from our store on the Central Oregon Coast. We are proud members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and have been buying and selling books for almost 20 years. Visit our website at www.Pacifc CoastBooks.net. Please feel free to call or email with any titles you would like to add to your collection. Only a small fraction of our inventory is online. We buy book collections.
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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- Fine
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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