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Lore of the Lakes: Told in Story and Picture -(includes colour insignias of 40 prominent Fleet Stacks)-
by Bowen, Dana Thomas
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
-
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Lachine, Quebec, Canada: R. E. Publishing, 1969. -----The scan you see is the book you get. Dark green cloth with black lettering and design, headband, maps for endpapers, xv + 314 pages filled with b & w and colour photos. Near Fine condition, dust jacket is in Near Fine condition. Contents include: Preface / A Word of Explanation / Parade of the Years / Did You Know That ? / The Griffin / The United States Brig Niagara / The Walk-in-the-Water / Wolverine / Early Passenger Ships and Later Ones / Pictorial Section / Lake Streamer Stacks and U. S. Weather Bureau Signals / The Caravels of Christopher Columbus / Sailed Away / The Tashmoo and City of Erie Race / The Big Storm / The Steamer Eastland / Black Friday / The Freighter / Today's Passenger Fleet / The Passernger Steamer Seeandbee / The Burning of the Steamer City of Buffalo / Sailor Yarns / List of Major Disasters On the Lakes / Table of Sailing Distances on the Great Lakes / Table of Sailing Time Between Principal Lake Ports / Scale of Statute and Nautical Miles / Roman Notation / index. Check out the scans. . Reprint. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".
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- Bookseller
- Nessa Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009640
- Title
- Lore of the Lakes: Told in Story and Picture -(includes colour insignias of 40 prominent Fleet Stacks)-
- Author
- Bowen, Dana Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- R. E. Publishing
- Place of Publication
- Lachine, Quebec, Canada
- Date Published
- 1969
- Keywords
- Bowen, Dana Thomas Lore of the Lakes: Told in Story and Picture R. E. Publishing Lore of the Lakes: Told in Story and Picture -(includes colour insignias of 40 prominent Fleet Stacks)- Lachine, Quebec, Canada -----The scan you see is the book y
- Bookseller catalogs
- Canadiana; Americana; Reference;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"
Terms of Sale
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Nessa Books
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Headband
- A strip of colored material attached to the text block at the top of the spine of a hard cover book. The same treatment applied...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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