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Louisville and Portland Canal
by ANONYMOUS
Washington DC, 1834. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 10 p. 23 cm. Report No. 307, 23rd Congress, 1st Session, March 4, 1834. Quarter blue cloth with marbled boards. Label of former owner on a front endpaper. Small bookbinder's label on rear endpaper. Pertains to the stock being held by individuals in the Louisville and Portland Canal Company being purchased by the United States and the navigation of the Ohio being made free for all.
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A$154.94
St. Peter's Canal: A Narrative and Structural History
by WALKER, Tony E
Ottawa: National Historic Parks and Sites Branch; Parks Canada, Department of Indian and Northern Affairs, 1973. First Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Manuscript Report Number 214. viii, 293 p. 28 cm. B&w map, plans, photographs. Blue card covers. Owner's label on first page. Appendices include information on the lockmaster's house, administration, freight, land expropriation, and swing bridges.
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A$154.94
An Act for amending and altering certain Acts of Parliament, for making and maintaining a Navigable Canal, from the Coventry Canal Navigation, to the City of Oxford
by ANONYMOUS
London, 1794. No Binding. Very good +. Pages 1943 to 1948. 30 cm. Bound with thread only. "Anno Tricesimo Quarto Georgii III. Regis. Cap. CIII. 23d May 1794."
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A$15.49
Canals to Manchester
by Owen David
Manchester, Great Britain: Manchester University Press, 1987. Reprint . Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This is a 1987 reprint of a 1977 original. 8vo. 133 pages including detailed index. Well illustrated. An excellent account by an expert in the field. In original attractive pictorial card covers. Near Fine. REDUCED POSTAGE ON THIS ITEM.
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A$9.69
Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to A resolution of the House of March 20, 1874, transmitting, in compliance with the act of March 3, 1873,
by Secretary of War
Washington, 1874. Hardcover. Near Fine. 43d Congress, 1st Session. Ex. Doc. No. 208. 59 p. 24 cm. Bound in red cloth with marbled paper boards. Former owner's label on front endpaper and small bookseller's sticker on rear pastedown.
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A$69.72
The Fate of the Lakes: A Portrait of the Great Lakes
by Barry, James P
Bonanza Books, 1972. Good hardcover with dust jacket. Jacket worn. Black & white and color photographs.. Hard Cover. Good/Good.
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A$46.48
The World of Moving Water Le Monde de l'Eau Vive Zauber Der Bewegten Wasser
by Gudmundsson, Ari Trausti (Text); Sigurjonsson, Sigurgeir(Photography)
Reykjavik: Forlagid. 1999. Square 12mo [approx 12.7 x12.7cm]. Near fine condition in pictorial laminated boards. Illustrated with Colour photographs. A lovely book in excellent condition. Text in English, German, French and Icelandic. The Icelandic text is only with the captions. . A look at the rivers, waterfalls etc of Iceland. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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A$18.00
The Droitwich Canals Trust
by The Droitwich Canals Trust Ltd
Bromsgrove, Worcs.: The Droitwich Canals Trust Ltd., nd. Staplebound. Near fine. 16 p. 21 cm. 11 b&w illustrations, including one map. Another folded map of the barge canal inside rear cover. Staplebound booklet. Former owner's label inside front cover.
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A$23.24
Letter from Secretary of War, Communicating The report of Brevet Major General J. H. Wilson on the survey and examination of the Illinois river
by Secretary of War
Washington, 1867. Hardcover. Very Good. 40th Congress, 1st Session. Ex. Doc. No. 16. 42 p. + map. 24 cm. Large fold-out map at rear. Bound in blue cloth with marbled paper boards. Former owner's label on front endpaper and small bookseller's sticker on rear pastedown. First page has roughened edge with small tears.
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A$154.94
Limnology of a Small Malayan River Sungai Gombak
by BISHOP, John E
The Hague: Dr. W. Junk, 1973. Hardcover. Good/Fair. Monographiae Biologicae vol. 22. [6], 485 p. 25 cm. Over 150 b&w figures and tables and 12 colour plates at rear. Brown cloth hardcover in orange dustjacket. Jacket has sunned spine, moderate edge wear, tape residue on lower covers near spine. Ink stamps to each edge of text block. Corrigenda taped to front free endpaper. Red underlining p. 371. Topics: environment; algae; fauna; zonation; pollution. References, appendices, subject index, index of...
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A$69.72
The Rideau Canal: Defence, Transport and Recreation
by TULLOCH, Judith
Ottawa: National Historic Parks and Sites Branch; Parks Canada; Environment Canada, 1981. First Edition. Softcover. Very good +. History and Archaeology, 50. 228 p. 28 cm. B&w photographs. Medium wear. Owner's label on first page.
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A$61.98
THE STORY OF THE PACIFIC
by Hendrik Willem Van Loon
A very good hardcover in a good jacket that has been neatly taped in a couple of places. The pages are clean and the binding is excellent. Profusely illustrated throughout. There are 387 pages including index. On the inside of the dust jacket wrapper is a drawing by Hendrik Willem Van Loon suitable for framing.
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A$77.47
Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in response to A resolution of the House calling for information as to the condition and affairs of the Louisville and Portland Canal Company
by Secretary of the Treasury
Washington DC, 1858. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 8 p. + maps. 24 cm. 3 fold-out maps at rear. Document No. 131, 35th Congress, 1st Session, May 29, 1858. Rebound in quarter blue cloth with marbled paper boards. Former owner's label on a front endpaper.
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A$116.21
Letter From The Secretary of War, Transmitting The report of the board appointed under the river and harbor act of August, 1894 to examine and determine, from surveys heretofore made, the most feasible route for the construction of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal
by Secretary of War
Washington, 1894. Hardcover. Near Fine. 53rd Congress, 3d Session, Ex. Doc. No. 102. 108 p. 24 cm. 9 fold-out illustrations and a few in-text diagrams. Bound in blue cloth with marbled paper boards. White label. Former owner's label attached to front endpaper. Small bookbinder's label (Swansong) on rear pastedown.
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A$116.21
Annual Report of the Board of Managers of the Delaware & Hudson Canal Co. to the Stockholders, for the Year 1886
by Nathan Lane's Sons
New York: Nathan Lane's Sons, 1887. Booklet. Fair. [10 p.]. 27 cm. Staplebound booklet. Ex library with ink notations and stamps. Vertical crease, tear in spine ends. Former owner's label on first page.
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A$54.23
The Leeds & Liverpool Canal A Photographic Journey
by Lyons David C
Nelson, Great Britain: Hendon Publishing Company Limited, 1977. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good+. Medium Horizontal Format. 1st edition. Medium horizontal format. 64 pages. Quite substantial and packed with excellent black and white photographic plates with captions. In original black card covers. Very Good+.
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A$5.81
Rock, River & Thorn: The Big Bend of the Rio Grande
by ARMSTRONG, Frank
Calgary: Folio Gallery/Waterous & Co, 2001. Cloth. Fine/Fair. No. 763 of 1250. Unpaginated. 31 cm. 40 b&w plates. Cloth hardcover in dustjacket. Large tear in top front of jacket and smaller tears and wear. Signed by Armstrong on title. Foreword by Jan Reid. Introduction by Roy Flukinger.
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A$61.98
The Niagara River with its Canadian Environs
by ANONYMOUS
Toronto: Brigdens Limited, nd. ca. 1920s. Pamphlet. Very good. 31 p. 23 cm. 8 b&w illustrations. Brown card covers with black print. Ink signature at top front. Discoloured top front corner. "From Lake Erie to Lake Ontario. An authentic collection of information concerning an historic region." Topics iclude the falls themselves, Queenston Heights, early history, place names, Maids of the Mist, quotes by famous visitors, etc.
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A$46.48
RIVER OF CANADA
by Thomas Bredin
A very good hardcover in a very good dust jacket. Except for neatly written gift inscription on front endpaper, a clean, tight copy. Illustrated throughout. There are 114 pages. One of the books in the Canadian Pageant Series.
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A$54.23
Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association Thirty-third Annual Convention, Richmond, VA. October 14-16, 1940
by ROOSEVELT, President Franklin D. et al
The Association, 1940. Stamped cloth. ex library-good. 7 p. 22 cm. Staplebound booklet. Ex library with ink stamp. Former owner's label inside. Roosevelt gives his greetings, as do Vice President John N. Garner, Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson, Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox, J. W. Bailey, J. J. Mansfield, and Rear Admiral R. R. Waesche.
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A$23.24
The Facts and the Argument. Sustaining the adverse report of the Special Board of Engineers in the matter of a ship canal across the State of New York
by Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Tidewater Association
Washington DC: Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Tidewater Association, December, 1927. Staplebound. ex library-very good. Bulletin No. 37. 43 p. 23 cm. Staplebound booklet. Ex library with ink stamp. Being a re-write of Bulletin 29, "Facts and Studies" presented before the Baord of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, March, 1926 and Bulletin 30, "The Truth," presented before the Union League Club, by the Hon. W. L. Harding, May, 1926.
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A$30.99
Suwannee River: Strange Green Land (The Rivers of America)
by Matschat, Cecile Hulse
New York: Farrar and Rinehart, 1938. Good Hardcover, no dustjacket 1938 illustrated by Alexander Key. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Cover. Illus. by Key, Alexander.
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A$69.72
A Pictorial History of the Great Lakes
by Harlan Hatcher & Erich Walter
1963 Edition; hardbound--no remainder mark. No name of previous owner. Dust cover is in very good condition; has a small.5cm tear on the back, which has been repaired and is very hard to see. Some scattered foxing on the inside of the dust cover, which has left a powder residue on the book boards--most of which I was able to wipe off with a dry cloth. Foxing is also present on the inside of the cover and on the first end paper. Boards show some wear at the top and bottom of the spine and along the bottom...
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A$38.74
Letter from the Secretary of War, in Answer to A resolution of the House, of February 3, relative to the survey of the James River and Kanawha Canal
by Secretary of War
Washington DC, 1871. Hardcover. Good. Ex. Document No. 110, 41st Congress, 3rd Session, February 11, 1871. 104 p. 24 cm. Bound in half grey cloth w ith marbled paper boards. Cracked at pp. 96-97. Repairs to tops of pp. 97 & 101-103, but small tear in top of p. 101, dampstain at top of p. 99. Small bookbinder's label at rear.
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A$69.72
An Act for altering an Act, passed in the Seventh Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the First, intituled, An Act for making the Rivers Mercy and Irwell navigable from Liverpool to Manchester, in the County Palatine of Lancaster
by ANONYMOUS
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."
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A$116.21
