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Steamboating on the Upper Mississippi
by Petersen, William J
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0486288447
- ISBN 13
- 9780486288444
- Seller
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SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Iowa City, IA: State Historical Society of Iowa, 1968. 575 pages. 64 plates. endpaper maps. inscribed by the author on the title page. 575pp. Illustrations from photographs. Original green cloth decorated and lettered in gilt. A very fine copy with dust jacket. This reprint is enhanced with the addition of four 16-page pictorial inserts of photos of steamboats, bills of lading, etc., along with 4 maps. An extensive study based on original documents and contemporary eyewitness accounts. One of the best on the subject.. Inscribed by the Author. Cloth. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002935
- Title
- Steamboating on the Upper Mississippi
- Author
- Petersen, William J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0486288447
- ISBN 13
- 9780486288444
- Publisher
- State Historical Society of Iowa
- Place of Publication
- Iowa City, IA
- Date Published
- 1968
- Keywords
- MISSISSIPPI RIVER HISTORY STEAMERS UNITED STATES STATE LOCAL TRANSPORTATION SHIPS SHIPBUILDING GENERAL
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- Inscribed
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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