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TATLEY, RICHARD: : STEAMBOATING ON THE TRENT-SEVERN. [CANADA.]

CANADA.BELLEVILLE,ONTARIO.MIKA PUBLISHING COMPANY,1978.

ISBN 0919303242.

Canada,Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn. NFINE/VG. No owner inscrptn and no published price. Bright,clean,wrap-around black background with a white-bordered facsimile colour postcard reproduction illustrated front of dw/dj with capitalised,matt white-lettered title at front's top edge and author's capitalised,matt white-lettered name beneath the illustration and towards front's lower edge.Spine/backstrip with author's capitalised,matt white-lettered surname,shortened title and publisher's name to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj plain black without text or illustration.Some inevitable, age-acquired shelf-wear to edges and corners, some rubbing with miniscule colour loss to edges and corner tips and head+foot of spine; rear top+bottom edges with small closed tears and reciprocal creases/folds but no major loss to same.Top edges with minimal,faint dust flecks, fore-edges bright and almost blemish free; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - with no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread other than my collation.Publisher's bright,clean with some residual faint mottling to some edges, sharp-cornered,orignal plain blue/greyboards with capitalised,bright,crisp,blocked gilt-lettered title+author name to upper board, similarly gilt-lettered spine/backstrip as the the dw/dj,and rear board plain and without text or illustration,a red+yellow chequered headband and immaculate repeated Trent-Severn Waterway cream+brown map illustrated endpapers.Canada, Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn,7-220pp [paginated] includes an Introduction; 5 sections: The Trial Years (c. 1832-1855), The Maturing Years (c. 1855-1872), The Flourishing Years (c. 1873- 1890), The Golden Years (c. 1890-1904), The Declining Years (c. 1905-1951), an Epilogue; profusely illustrated throughout with contemporary b/w photographs,b/w illustration reproductions,artists' b/w illustrations,and facsimile ephemera b/w reproductions,a Bibliography, Acknowledgements, an Index and a b/w thumbnail author portrait to a potted biography of same.Plus [unpaginated] b/w photographic illustrated half-title with a b/w facsimile illustration reproduction (Steamboat landing,Orillia,1872) to its reverse, a title page,recto of Contents list/table with a colour postcard reproduction to its reverse to its reverse. Visually the external appearance is acceptable, and particularly internally,is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of it's 45+ year-old age.It is only the minimal faults described that prevents a slightly higher grading overall.Despite that,it really is still an acceptable example for it's cleanliness and lack of other or age-acquired detracting faults commonly encountered in a book of comparable age.                                The Trent is the largest river in southern Ontario.Approximately 250 steamers are known to have been used on the Trent at one time or another.The text is accompanied by many b/w photographs and illustrations showing the history of the steamers on the waterway,right from their trial period ca.,1832-1855 through to their decline ca.,1905-1951.            Steamers included propeller-steamers, paddlewheel-steamers, passenger steamers, freight steamers, palace steamers amd tramp steamers, alligator-steamers and steam yachts. In many regions steamboats were so important that whole communities and industries were dependant of them.Some of the boats were humble, crude and makeshift,others were elaborate,proud and beautiful.Some of them lasted only a few years,others survived for decades.Some are well-documented,but others are so obscure that little or nothing is known about them.Some have been totally forgotten. Please contact the seller,particularly ALL overseas buyers for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes BEFORE placing your order,especially if ordering any multiples. N.B. ALL buyers please note,stock(s') shipping quotes are adjusted for any refunds AFTER receipt of order and BEFORE the despatch of the order,especially if the item is offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIRMAIL US postage to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

Canada,Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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