Steamboats

Providence, RI: The Steamboat Historical S1983ociety of America, Inc, 1983. Paperback. Very Good +. 70 pp; reprint of material written in two successive isues of The American Neptune in 1947 covering a unique segment of steamboat navigation in the United States, highly detailed text, with line drawing illustratons, and 17 b & w plates. Number 1 of Reprints in Marine History from The Steamboat Histoprical Society of America, Inc.; in printed wraps; slight wear to spine.

Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd, 1997. Paperback. Fine. 235 pp; superb collection of 100's of b & w photos depicting the steamboats that plied the Columbia River and other great waterways of the Pacific Northwest; along with extensive historical text; Reprint of work originally published in 1973; in b & w photo wraps.

Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. 2004. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine copy in a Very Good dustjacket. DJ now protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. DJ has a small tear to spine top and tiny chip to upper front panel. Black & white illustrations. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. xi, 277 pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

London: Abelard-Schuman. 1966. Octavo Size. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Black & white illustrations by Ann Grifalconi. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 128 pages. . Hardback.

Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1996. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1557507392 . The Sultana was a severely overloaded Mississippi River steamboat seven miles north of Memphis in 1865 when its boilers exploded killing 1,700 of 2,100 recently released Union prisoners of war. Only rated to carry 376 passengers, this was the worst marine disaster in United States history. Contains an index, source notes, and a bibliography in the rear. Original black... Read more about this item

Brattleboro, Vermont: The Stephen Greene Press. 1966. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Some minor tape marks to endpapers. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 154 pages. This book captures the bygone steam landscape of steam boats & steam locomotives. The majority of the book is on steam boats, ferries etc. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels.... Read more about this item

Iowa City: State Historical Society of Iowa. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1968. Hardcover. The classic work on this topic. This is a reprint of the 1937 edition with new illustrations and end paper maps. A nice clean, tight and unmarked book with no interior or exterior markings. Ref: Howes P263; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 575 pages .

New York: Henry Holt and Company. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1929. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo; 314 pages; Scarce dust jacket has some minor soiling, few small chips and some edgewear. Inside front hinge is just starting to crack on the backside of the half-title page, name on inside front cover, name and address on back of half-title page. .

Ashford, UK: Steam Boat Association of Great Britain, 1988. Paperback. Near Fine. unpaginated; an illustrated register of surviving steam vessels in the British Isles at time of writing; each vessel listed has a b & w photo opposite statistical details; which include type, owner, home water, hull, engine, boiler, prop, history etc. Vessels are presented in alphabetical order. This is the Fifth Edition of work originally published in 1970; full-clor and b & w photos on card covers with wire spiral... Read more about this item