Isbn: 9780823212903 - Hudson River Day Line: the Story of a Great American Steamboat Company (5 results)

Hardcover w/DJ. Condition: G/G. 2nd Edition. New York, NY: Fordham University Press. G/G. 1990. 2nd Edition. Hardcover w/DJ. 4to., 239 pp., DJ price-clipped, ink stamp on ffe . Black & White Photos & Illus. (illustrator).

Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Second Edition. 238 pp. Dark navy cloth boards with gold lettering on the front and spine; flag design on front and Fordham University's crest on spine. The slightest of wear to the extremities and subtle creasing to the bottom of spine, otherwise fine. Endpapers feature an attractive image from Harper's Weekly, collection of Lucius Beebe. Unclipped jacket features a painting of a steamboat by William G. Muller; back gives information on another publication by Fordham University Press. Flaps give information about the book and author. Small rip to top of front cover, some very minute creasing and very faint discoloration to top. Pages are clean and bright without markings. Textblock has a very slight downward lean. Contains 260 historic photographs, maps, appendix, index, fleet lists memorabilia, and personnel rosters. From the jacket: "Enlivened by remarkable illustrations, this book relates the history of steamboating on the Hudson River from the days of Robert Fulton to the present." Size: Imperial Octavo. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Enlivened by remarkable illustrations, this book relates the history of steam boating on the Hudson River from the days of Robert Fulton to the present. Although the emphasis is on the Hudson River Day Line, almost all the companies who operated on the river are also covered, since they were either predecessors, successors or competitors. Millions of people fondly remembered the beautiful scenery along the banks, and chose this slower method of transport over the cinders and noise of the much faster trains. Besides, the Day Line offered art displays, chamber music, cool decks o stretch one's legs and a de luxe cuisine to be leisurely enjoyed. Profusely illustrated. Bibliography. 228 pp. First edition. Fine hardcover in a fine, mylar covered, unclipped dust jacket. The photos on the listing page are of the actual book for sale. Always carefully packaged and shipped quickly.…