[Rarebooks] fs: Stanton. American Steam Vessels, 1895, 1st ed.
Back Creek Books
rock at backcreekbooks.com
Wed May 9 18:11:44 EDT 2012
Greetings booklovers,
Back Creek Books is pleased to offer:
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(No. 11427 ) Stanton, Samuel Ward. AMERICAN STEAM VESSELS.
New York: Smith & Stanton, 1895. First printing, Full cloth, Oblong
quarto, 500 pages, Drawings. Very Good.
Superb collection of drawings depicting a century's worth of
American steamers, from Robert Fulton's Clermont in 1807 to the St.
Louis, built by William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, in 1894-1895.
Stanton reproduced the older vessels from reliable sources--early
prints, lithographs, drawings and paintings--and the later ones from
photographs, plans, sketches, etc. There is a full page drawing of most
vessels, with a smaller drawing and specifications on the facing page.
Text and illustrations printed in a variety of colors with many
ornaments reminiscent of sailing cards of the era. This copy of
Stanton's classic has been slightly restored. Bound in original dark
blue cloth over boards with spine and upper board titled in gilt,
additional small illustration of a steamer in gilt at lower fore corner
of upper board. Overall this gilt has dulled. There is a new cloth spine
but with the original retained in place over it. New endpapers. Some
leaves have shallow edge tears and there are a very few leaves with old
but neatly done tape repairs. Textblock is solid. Excellent copy
overall....... $500.00
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Rock
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