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Frank Donovan River Boats of America
New York Thomas Y. Crowell Company 1966 First Edition - Stated - '1' on Line Cloth Covered Boards Very Good Good Hardback Various Artists Not Signed
Title Riverboats of America: From Flatboats to Floating Palaces, From the Cotton Blossom to the Staten Island Ferry - Author Frank Donovan publisher Thomas Y. Crowell Co., New York Title: Riverboats of America, Author: Frank Donovan, Publisher: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., New York copyright 1966 first edition one on number line, Illustrated: 90 black-and-white pictures and drawings. HC/DJ. Not clipped - VG/G - Contents: (from DJ) Upon America's many rivers, watery high roads of its conquest and settlement, an astonishing company of vessels has floated, sailed, and churned into history. Indian canoes, colonials sloops, flatboats and keelboats, paddlewheeled freight and passenger boats, Showboats, circus boats, luxurious floating palaces. Their story is a microcosm of America, and Frank Donovan evokes all its romantic appeal and harsh reality. - Condition: Insect damage (small holes) to dust jacket. Sticker mark. Wear and chips to top and bottom edge. Aged, and foxed. Book is in excellent condition. Speckling to edges, remainder mark on bottom, not ex-library, corners not bumped, boards not showing, no dog ears, spine not cracked, no pencil erasures on flyleaf, no writing or highlights. Very clean with only light aging. Keywords: non-fiction, history, river boats, nautical, steam boats, rivers, United States, Americana
Price:
15.00 USD
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