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Book Condition: Used Very Good
ISBN: 0959144900 / 9780959144901
Seller: E. Manning Books

United States
About Item: W. Torrence, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover (22 x 30 cm), xiv, 278 pages. ISBN: 0959144900. The book and dust jacket (dj) are in Very Good condition. Full-bound blue boards with gilt lettering along spine. Pictorial pastedowns/endpapers. Bumped, rubbed. Slightly skewed. Tight binding, clean textblock. The dj is bumped, scuffed/scratched. Rolled/creased along edges. The dj is covered in an archival book cover (removable). "An illustrated account of the activities of steamers on the river and bay in the period between World War I and World War II, when deep sea port activities were still very much part of the inner city life of Brisbaneâ€¦ This was a generation of steamers tragically affected by war, many were born in war, and most were fated to be violently destroyed by war. These pages provide a record of many of those vessels, of how they looked and how they ended their days, with a glance back over the years to the beginnings of steamship transport on the… Read More
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