[Rarebooks] fs: History of the New York Shipyards

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Back Creek Books is pleased to offer:
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(No.    9968    )  Morrison, John H. HISTORY OF NEW YORK SHIP YARDS.
Port Washington: Kennikat Press, (1970). Reprint, Full cloth, Octavo, 
[vi], [1]-165, [ii] pages, black and white photographs, illus.. Fine, No 
dust jacket.
          Facsimile reprint of the 1909 original. Includes and 
information on the Colonial era, early American shipbuilding in New 
York, labor movements among shipyard employees, clipper ships, launching 
of vessels and related accidents, the yacht America, the decline of 
wooden shipbuilding, and more. Several interesting old illustrations. 
See ALBION, p. 59. Bound in dark blue cloth over boards with spine 
titled in silver. A few faint rubs at extremity tips and a touch of 
browning to top edge of textblock.......    $50.00
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