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New York: Consolidated Steamship Lines -- Hudson Navigation Company. Printer: The Frank Presbrey Company, 1904. First edition. Wraps. Near Fine. An attractive celebratory brochure for an overnight service steamship that carried passengers between New York City and Albany. The steamer C.W. Morse is here called "the Queen of the Inland Fleets of the World, for she is not only the largest, but in every point of comparison the most luxurious steamer ever constructed for reibver navigation." 4to. 27.5 by 23 cm. Unpaginated, 20 pages. B/W photos on about half the pages, with a two page spread in the center showing the impressive side of the ship. Scarce. Only known institutional holding at the Hagley (acc. to OCLC First Search). Charles W. Morse (1856-1933) was a controversial businessman who became known as the "Ice King" in New York for attaining a near monopoly on the ice business in the city in the days before the modern refrigerator. His attempt to corner the market… Read More