Sternwheelers and Steam Tugs: An Illustrated History of the Canadian Pacific Railway's British Columbia Lake and River Service
by Turner, Robert D
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Fair dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0919203159
- ISBN 13
- 9780919203150
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About This Item
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada: Sono Nis Press. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. 0919203159 . 280 pages. Index. Bibliography. Archival black and white photos abound, plus several in colour. Includes maps, timetables and scale drawings. "This is the dramatic story of the CPR's British Columbia sternwheelers and steam tugs through the races, boiling rapids, moonlit cruises, and gold rushes to their passing." - from dust jacket. Light wear to clean and unmarked book. Average wear and closed tears to back panel of dust jacket which is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Sound copy of this wonderful piece of B.C. history.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY INLAND Sternwheelers and Steam Tugs: An Illustrated History of the Canadian Pacific Railway's British Columbia Lake and River Service Steam Navigation .
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- Title
- Sternwheelers and Steam Tugs: An Illustrated History of the Canadian Pacific Railway's British Columbia Lake and River Service
- Author
- Turner, Robert D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Fair dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0919203159
- ISBN 13
- 9780919203150
- Publisher
- Sono Nis Press
- Place of Publication
- Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- 0919203159, CANADIAN, PACIFIC, RAILWAY, COMPANY, INLAND, Sternwheelers, Steam, Tugs:, Illustrated
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nautical;
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