THE HUDSON THROUGH THE YEARS
Westwood, NJ: Lind Publications, 1983. Hardcover. 334 pp; thorough history of the Hudson River; profusely illustrated with superb b & w photos, maps, drawings, etc.
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SHIPS OF THE GREAT LAKES: 300 YEARS OF NAVIGATION
Berkeley, CA: Howell-North Books, 1973. Hardcover. 256 pp; well-writen overview; with 100's of superb b & w photos; end paper maps; has name and address stamp of former owner; dj has minor wear and rubbing to edges; and minor browning to reverse; else VG+/VG+.
CHESAPEAKE CIRCLE
Centreville, MD: Tidewater Publishers, 1965. Hardcover. 211 pp; fascinating overview of Chesapeake Bay as seen through the eyes of over fifty true experiences; profusley illustrated with superb b & w photos from the authors personal collection; dj has small closed tear of approximately 1/4" to top edge of front panel.....
THE STEAMBOAT LANDING ON ELLIOT BAY
Seattle: Alderbook Publishing Company, 1972. Paperback. 66 pp; fine historical overview of the steamboats of Elliot Bay (WA), profusely illustrated with b & w photos; has name of previous owner and date of 1982 written on front end papers; covers show some scuffing; in b & w photo wraps.
STEAM SHIPS OF EUROPE: AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO VETERAN PASSENGER VESSELS
London, UK: Conway Maritime Press, 1988. Hardcover. 192 pp; comprehensive description of all the hundred or so operating steam ships, some two hundred conversions, and a number of statically preserved vessels; ships are listed ship by ship and country by country; with details of passager profiles, routes and areas of.....
STEAMBOATS ON THE MUSKINGUM
Staten Island, NY: The Steamship Historical Society of America, 1971. Hardcover. 142 pp; comprehensive history of steamboats on this Ohio river; profusely illustrated with period b & w photos; list of steamboats on the river between 1824-1913; includes the separate, 20 pp; staple-bound Explanatory Note from author and index of.....
SHIPS OF THE ISLE OF MAN STEAM PACKET COMPANY LIMITED
Glasgow: Brown, Son & Ferguson, Ltd., 1973. Paperback. 68 pp; staple-bound booklet of fine history of the ships of the company; profusely illustrated with fine b & w photos; fleet lists, maps of routes, etc. This copy is form the Third Edition of work originally publilshed in 1962; in color.....
STEAMBOATS AND STEAMSHIPS OF THE BRITISH ISLES
Ashford, UK: Steam Boat Association of Great Britain, 1988. Paperback. 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......
ILLUSTRATED DAY LINE GUIDE BOOK
Hudson River Day Line. Paperback. 96 pp staple-bound booklet; guide to sightseeing cruises around Manhattan; profusely illustrated with b & w photos, circa mid 1950's (?), in photo wraps; has some scuffing to covers.
PADDLE-WHEEL INBOARD: SOME OF THE HISTORY OF OCKLAWAHA RIVER STEAMBOATING AND OF THE HART LINE
Providence, RI: The Steamboat Historical S1983ociety of America, Inc., 1983. Paperback. 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......
STEAMBOATS TODAY: A PICTORIAL DIRECTORY
Cayuga Creek Historical Press, 1986. Paperback. 138 pp; pictorial directory of where the remainiing steamboats of North America can be seen as of time of writing; with great photos and extrensive details of each, profusely illustrated with b & w photos; ful-color photos on inside covers, front and rear; in.....
SAIL AND STEAM ALONG THE MAINE COAST
Portland, ME: The Bond wheelwright Company, 1955. Hardcover. 203 p; fine overview of steamboats and sailing ships that plied the coast of Maine; with 88 b & w photos and illustrations; along with highly infomative text; boards slightly faded on spine; lower corners slightly bumped; lacks dj.
THE BIRTH OF THE STEAMBOAT
London: Charles Griffin & Compan Limited, 1958. Hardcover. 149 pp; well-written reference work on the development of the steamboat from an enginering perspective; 11 pp b & w photos and technical drawings; has name and address stamp of former owner on ffep; dj is very slightly rubbed 8vo - over.....
DRAWINGS BY SAMUEL WARD STANTON: LONG ISLAND SOUND AND NARRAGANSETT BAY STEAM VESSELS
Upper Montclair, NJ: H. Kneeland Whiting, 1968. Stanton, Samuel Ward. Paperback. 48 pp; staple-bound booklet; fine collection of reproduction, pen and ink drawings of early steam vessels on Long Island sound and Narragansett Bay; each vessel listed has full-page drawing with brief underlying captions; this copy is from the 1968.....
DRAWINGS OF SAMUEL WARD STANTON: MISSISIPPI AND OHIO RIVERS, SOUTHERN AND WESTERN INLAND STEAM VESSELS
Upper Montclair, NJ: H. Kneeland Whiting, 1974. Stanton, Samuel Ward. Paperback. 40 pp; staple-bound booklet; fine collection of reproduction, pen and ink drawings of steamboats that plied the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers in the 1800's; each full-page drawing has a brief caption below it; in illustrated wraps; has name and.....
DRAWINGS OF SAMUEL WARD STANTON: NEW YORK BAY STEAM VESSELS
Upper Montclair, NJ: H. Kneeland Whiting, 1968. Stanton, Samuel Ward. Paperback. 48 pp; staple-bound boolklet; fine collection of reproduction pen and ink drawings covering vessels during the 1800's that plied New York Harbor, and the Hudson River; each full-page drawing has brief caption below it; in illustrated wraps; has name.....
STEAM PICKET BOATS AND OTHER SMALL STEAM CRAFT OF THE ROYAL NAVY
Suffolk, UK: Terence Dalton Limited, 1980. Hardcover. 106 pp; covers the history and development of the steam picket boat, the weapons and armaments, the spar and Whitehead topedoes, various drills and general fleet duties; profusely illustrated with b & w photos; dj has heavy scuff mark to top right corner.....
STEAMERS OF THE CLYDE
Glasgow, Scotland: George Outram & Co., Ltd., 1967. Paperback. 56 pp; superb selection of 23 steamers of the Clyde covering a period of 80 years from the COLUMBIA of 1878 to the GLEN SANNOX of 1957; each has a full-page, full-color reproduction of well-known painting; opposite a full-page of text;.....
THE STEAMBOAT ERA IN THE MUSKOKAS VOLUME 1- TO THE GOLDEN YEARS
Erin, Ontario: The Boston Mills Press, 1983. Hardcover. 304 pp; a well-written history of steam navigation in the districts of Muskoka and Parry Sound covering the years 1866-1905; profusely illustrated with superb b & w photos; 4 pages of maps; minor chip to dj at head of spine; has original.....
BLOW FOR THE LANDING: A HUNDRED YEARS OF STEAM NAVIGATION ON THE WATERS OF THE WEST
Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 1997. Paperback. 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......
BLOW FOR THE LANDING: A HUNDRED YEARS OF STEAM NAVIGATION ON THE WATERS OF THE WEST
Caldwell, ID: The Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1973. Hardcover. 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; end paper maps; has name and address stamp of former.....
PADDLE WHEEL STEAMERS AND THEIR GIANT ENGINES
Duxbury, MA: Seamaster Boats, Inc., 1983. Paperback. 48 pp; story of the walking beam engines that powered the steamboats of America from the early nineteenth century to well into the twentieth; profusely illustrated with highly detailed line drawings of the engines and the vessels they powered; in b & w......
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