1895 Notes & Queries Early Atlantic Steamers Sirius Savannah Wales WWI

Condition: Bound in three-quarter leather with marbled boards. The boards show expected rubbing and shelf wear, particularly at the edges and corners. Binding remains secure and tight. Internally, the contents are complete, clean, and bright with mild foxing and toning throughout. Numerous archival clippings, manuscript references, and newspaper extracts remain firmly affixed and fully legible. | Notes and Queries: A Medium of Intercommunication for Literary Men, General Readers, Etc. Eighth Series, Volume VIII (July?December 1895) John C. Francis, London From the archives of R. J. Fynmore of Sandgate, Kent , antiquarian, genealogist, and longtime contributor to Notes and Queries . Bound in three-quarter leather with marbled boards. The boards show expected rubbing and shelf wear, particularly at the edges and corners. Binding remains secure and tight. Internally, the contents are complete, clean, and bright with mild foxing and toning throughout. Numerous archival clippings, manuscript references, and newspaper extracts remain firmly affixed and fully legible. This volume preserves a fascinating collection of historical and antiquarian material centered on early steam navigation, Welsh history and language, transportation history, and contemporary commentary on the opening months of the First World War . Summary R. J. Fynmore supplemented this volume with an extensive series of mounted newspaper clippings and historical extracts documenting the development of transatlantic steam travel and a wide variety of British historical curiosities. Particular emphasis is placed upon the history of the earliest Atlantic steamships, including accounts of the Sirius , Savannah , and the pioneering steam crossings of the Atlantic Ocean. These articles preserve nineteenth-century perspectives on one of the most important transportation revolutions of the modern age. The volume? | Offered by Booking33 ? rare, antiquarian & collectible books. Carefully packed; insured shipping available. Bound in three-quarter leather with marbled boards.