The Pageant Of the Packets

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1929. First edition, stated first printing, 1929. Illustrated in black and white. Gray cloth with spine printed in gilt and dark green, no dustjacket. Some edge rubbing, spine sun darkened, good hinges, sound text block, some foxing to the inner margins of the frontis plate and title page, pages lightly age-toned but clean, Pageants… Read more about this item

New York: Henry Holt and Company [1929], 1929. First printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. Large 8vo. [4], vii-xiv, [2], 3-314 pp. Bound in grey cloth with the title and the publisher blocked in navy cloth and embossed in gold lettering; grey topstain. Illustrated by a frontispiece portrait of Henry M. Shreve and by a few additional photograph plates. Decorations… Read more about this item

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 … Read more about this item

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1929 No Jacket. First Edition. Signed by Author. Large Octavo. 314 pages with bibliography. Inscribed "With Good Wishes-- Garnett Laidlaw Eskew" on half-title. History of American riverboats. With 11 illustrations. Tan cloth with gilt lettering; gilt, blue, and blind-stamped decoration; illustrated end sheets. Light wear to head and tail of spine and to corners… Read more about this item

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very Good in an about Very Good jacket, clipped, generally toned and soiled, some small chips and tears. Grey buckram with a black ink panel and gilt lettering on the spine. Square, bound with some reading wear, foxed at the endpapers and with a bookseller's… Read more about this item

New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1929. Book. Illus. by Eskew, Nancy Beatty. Good. Hardcover. First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 314 pages. Black and white frontisplate of Henry M. Shreve, "the real creator of the American Steamboat." Sturdy library binding. Some library markings to contents. Surprisingly light wear. Tight and square. … Read more about this item

New York, NY: Henry Holt & Company. VG/NO DUSTJACKET. (1929). First Edition. Cloth. First Edition Frontispiece of Henry Shreve . 8vo., 314 pp, slightly soiled & faded cover, blunted binding tips, a few worn & one cracked hinge .

New York: Henry Holt and Company. 1929. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. Owner bookplate on front pastedown. Light staining on front panel. Lightly toned spine. .

Henry Holt and Company, 1929. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. gray cloth over boards. Gilt lettering in blue boxes on spine. Pages are a slight age toned on edges. DJ has a little wear on edges. Not price clipped. In archival cover.

New York, Henry Holt, [1929].. 1st edition. Cloth lettered in gilt on the spine, decorated endpapers, 314 pp. Lacks dust jacket, cloth faintly spotted, else a very good copy.

New York: Holt, 1929. hardcover. very good(-). Illustratrd. 311 pages. Thick 8vo, gray cloth (sun-darkened and a bit soiled; ownership signature and toned pages). New York: Holt, (1929). A very good(-) solid copy.<br/><br/>

Henry Holt and Company, 1929. Hardcover. Very Good/VG. This is of a limited edition "printed to celebrate the completion of the Ohio River Lock and Dam System" This book was not numbered. The book does have the scarce DJ with price intact. Some chips and cracks to the DJ. DJ protected in new mylar cover. Light… Read more about this item

Eskew, Garnett Laidlaw. THE PAGEANT OF THE PACKETS; A BOOK OF AMERICAN STEAMBOATING. Decorations by Nancy Beatty Eskew. New York, Henry Holt, [1929]. 1st edition. Dust jacket. Very good condition.

H. Holt, 1929T. hardcover. Good. 1.7000 8.2000 5.4000. Stated first printing. No dj. Cover shows minor wear, rubbing, bumped corners. Armorial bookplate of former owner, stamp, and minor writing on the front endpaper. Copy #66, signed by the author. Additional gift inscription on the limitation page, text from flap of dj affixed to… Read more about this item

Henry Holt and Company, 1929-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Solid ex-library green hardcover. Illustrated with frontispiece of Henry H. Sherve. No dj.