Search Results: Rivers from Attic Books

Montreal: Montreal Flood Commission, ca. 1883-1888. Fair. 38 fold-out maps, 25 cm when folded, various sizes unfolded. Mainly b&w with some colour. In remains of leather and black cloth folder or slipcase. No book or report included. Plans are rather fragile with some tears. Maps and diagrams of ice conditions on St. Lawrence River, Lake St. Louis, Lachine Rapids, near Victoria Bridge, Longue-Pointe, Varennes, Lake St. Francis, etc. 1883 to 1888. Plans indicate winter and spring levels of the St. Lawrence, speed of water currents, location of open water, ice thickness, etc.

London, 1794. No Binding. Very good +. Pages 491 to 494. 30 cm. Bound with thread only. "Anno Tricesimo Quarto Georgii III. Regis. Cap. XXXVII. 28th March 1794."

Montreal: International Railway Publishing Co., 1898. Soft cover. Fair. xvi, 352 p. 21 cm. Hundreds of b&w illustrations. Seven pull-out maps, one in colour. Grey pictorial softcover is worn and creased, chipped at corners. Spine is chipped at both ends and splitting down centre. Binding is splitting at page 192. Maps have a few dog-eared edges. Describes various rail and water routes eg. the 1000 Islands journey from Gananoque to Brockville or Montreal to Ottawa via the CPR. Contains index to places, a list of hotels, classified index to advertisers. Over 30 pages of advertising for railroads, steam lines, coach routes and various businesses.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. xviii, 415 p. 24 cm. Map on endpapers. B&w plates. Beige cloth hardcover in mylar-covered pictorial dustjacket. Spine faded, small chips and tears in edges, price-clipped front flap. Former owner's label on half title. Includes letter hand-written by the author's wife to a friend on Haskins Laboratories letterhead, 3 Christmas cards from Caryl and Edna Haskins (one signed, other printed), small card signed by Edna, copy of an essay entitled Culture and Power in the Modern World by Caryl Haskins.

Toronto: The Humber Watershed Task Force/The Metropolitan Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, May 1997. Paperback. Near fine. xix, 103 p. 28 cm. Nine colour fold-outs and over 30 b&w illustrations. Softcover. A little label residue on lower rear cover. Topics: The Humber Watershed Task Force and its members; Humber Watershed strategy; subwatersheds of Main Humber, East Humber, West Humber, Black Creek, Lower Humber.

New York and Chicago: Ivison, Blakeman & Company, 1886. First Edition. Paper wraps. Good. 58 p. 22 cm. 10 maps. Rebound in brown paper wraps. Original front cover included underneath. Owner's label on first page. Attacks Willard Glazier's claim to have discovered the source of the Mississippi River.

Toronto: Natural Heritage, 2007. Softcover. Near fine. 128 p. 25 cm. Mainly b&w illustrations with a few colour. Paperback. Light wear.

Morgantown, WV: West Virginia University Institute for the History of Technology & Archaeology, 1994. First Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Institute for the History of Technology & Archaeology Monograph Series Volume II, Number 1. xiii, 90 p. 28 cm. Maps and photographs. Softcover. Owner's label on front page. Includes a chapter on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.

Chambly, P.Q, 1943. Soft cover. Good. 72 p. 23 cm. 47 b&w illustrations. Softcover with moderate wear. Some soiling, mainly to rear cover, but some soiling along crease inside rear cover. Former owner's label attached to title page. Despite title, text is in English. Celebrates 100th anniversary of Chambly Canal, serving Ottawa Valley, St. Lawrence ports, Saguenay, Richelieu Valley, etc. Lists executive committee of the centennial celebrations, September 5, 1943. Topics include: historical record of navigation on the Richelieu River, New France, canalization of the river; Canal Commission; International Deep Waterways Commission; New York State canal system; dam at Fryers Island; superintendents of the canal; etc.

Washington, 1890. Ephemera. Good. 16 p. 23 cm. Paper covers with crease from top to bottom. Former owner's label on first page. Title continues: "Delivered in the Senate of the United States, Thursday, January 9, 1890".

McLean, Virginia: Virginia Canals & Navigations Society, 1993. Published as a supplement to the Summer 1993 Tiller Magazine. Staplebound. Near fine. [28 p.]. 22 cm. B&w line drawings. Staplebound booklet. Former owner's label on first page.

Warren, PA: Social Science Section, Warren Academy of Sciences, 1943. Staplebound. Very good. 18 p. 23 cm. Staplebound paper pamphlet. Light soiling to covers. Label of former owner on title page. Warren Academy of Sciences Social and Economic Science Section, Warren Social Science Club, Organized Sept. 21, 1895 Warren, Pennsylvania. Season 1943-1944. Lists officers on title page and members of The Social Science Club for 1943-1944 on last page.

Stocksfield, Northumbria: The Spredden Press, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. ARCHER, David. 217 pp. 25 cm green cloth hardcover binding with gold lettering on spine. Pictorial dustjacket wrapped in protective mylar. Features colour plates, figures, maps and photographs. Bibliography. At the time of the book's publication, Archer was Principal hydrologist of the Northumbria Region of the National Rivers Authority with responsibility for management of the regional flood warning system and a network of stations measuring river flow and rainfall.

Washington, 1872. Hardcover. Near Fine. 42d Congress, 2d Session, Ex. Doc. No. 243. 15 p. 24 cm. Bound in cloth spine with cream paper boards. Tan label. Former owner's label attached to front endpaper. Small bookbinder's label (Swansong) on rear pastedown.

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.

Washington, 1872. Hardcover. Near Fine. 42d Congress, 2d Session, Ex. Doc. No. 176. 14 p. 23 cm. Bound in burgundy cloth with paper boards. Cream label. Former owner's label attached to front endpaper. Small bookbinder's label (Swansong) on rear pastedown.

Washington, 1872. Hardcover. Very Good. 42d Congress, 2d Session, Ex. Doc. No. 185. 14 p. 23 cm. Bound in burgundy cloth with blue paper. Cream label. Former owner's label attached to front endpaper. Small bookbinder's label (Swansong) on rear pastedown.

Washington, 1894. Hardcover. Near Fine. 53d Congress, 3d Session, Ex. Doc. No. 98. 6 p. + plates. 24 cm. 9 b&w plates. Bound in brown cloth with marbled boards. White label. Former owner's label attached to front endpaper. Small bookbinder's label (Swansong) on rear pastedown.

Washington, 1895. Hardcover. Near Fine. 53rd Congress, 3d Session, Ex. Doc. No. 249. 65 p. 24 cm. 9 maps and diagrams, mainly fold-out. Bound in turquoise cloth with marbled paper. White label. Small tear in p. 13. Label of former owner attached to front endpaper. Small bookbinder's label (Swansong) on rear pastedown.

Washington, 1899. Hardcover. Near Fine. 56th Congress, 1st Session, Document No. 69. 16 p. 24 cm. Bound in flowered print spine and cream covered boards. Brown label. Former owner's label attached to front endpaper. Small tears in edges, with pp. 11-15 professionally repaired. Small bookbinder's label (Swansong) on rear pastedown.