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All-Round Route and Panoramic Guide of the St. Lawrence
by International Railway Publishing Co
Montreal: International Railway Publishing Co., 1898. Soft cover. Fair. xvi, 352 p. 21 cm. Hundreds of b&w illustrations. Seven pull-out maps, one in colour. Grey pictorial softcover is worn and creased, chipped at corners. Spine is chipped at both ends and splitting down centre. Binding is splitting at page 192. Maps have a few dog-eared edges. Describes various rail and water routes eg. the 1000 Islands journey from Gananoque to Brockville or Montreal to Ottawa via the CPR. Contains index to places,...
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SGD 137.70
The Colorado River
by Lewis R. Freeman
London: William Heinemann, 1923. Hardcover. Very Good/None. This is the British edition published by William Heinemann in 1923 but copyrighted by Dodd, Meade in the same year. The covers show fading, rubbing, bumping and other shelf wear. The contents are clean but there is some foxing especially to the endpapers.
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SGD 61.96
M2 Instrumentation & Control, 3rd Edition
by AWWA (American Water Works Association)
New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The M2 Instrumentation & Control, 3rd Edition.
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SGD 264.76
THE STORY OF THE PACIFIC
by Hendrik Willem Van Loon
A very good hardcover in a good jacket that has been neatly taped in a couple of places. The pages are clean and the binding is excellent. Profusely illustrated throughout. There are 387 pages including index. On the inside of the dust jacket wrapper is a drawing by Hendrik Willem Van Loon suitable for framing.
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SGD 68.85
Letter from the Governor of the State of Maryland, Transmitting a Copy of an Act of The Legislature of said State,
by Governor of Maryland
Washington DC: Gales & Seaton, 1825. Hardcover. Good +. Document No. 68, 18th Session, 2nd Session, February 2, 1825. 16 p. 23 cm. Half green cloth with green marbled paper boards. Former owner's label on front endpaper and bookbinder's label on rear pastedown. Some spotting to first pages.
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SGD 68.85
![THE YAZOO RIVER [RIVERS OF AMERICA SERIES] INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/151/766/1544766151.0.b.jpg)
THE YAZOO RIVER [RIVERS OF AMERICA SERIES] INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR
by Frank E. Smith, illustrated by Janet E. Turner
New York & Toronto: Rinehart, 1954. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very good/poor. 5 1/2 x 8 inches. xvi, 362 pages. Signed by Smith on ffep, with an inscription; " For Mary Sharp Holmes, from a great admirer of her father ~ Frank Smith May 10, 1954" Condition of the book is Good+; spine lightly faded, ring-stain on front cover, endpapers toned, another, later, inscription below author's inscription on ffep, text and illustrations are very clean and unmarked. Dust jacket is poor; front cover and flaps...
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SGD 48.20
The Niagara River with its Canadian Environs
by ANONYMOUS
Toronto: Brigdens Limited, nd. ca. 1920s. Pamphlet. Very good. 31 p. 23 cm. 8 b&w illustrations. Brown card covers with black print. Ink signature at top front. Discoloured top front corner. "From Lake Erie to Lake Ontario. An authentic collection of information concerning an historic region." Topics iclude the falls themselves, Queenston Heights, early history, place names, Maids of the Mist, quotes by famous visitors, etc.
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SGD 41.31
Under Northern Seas
by Pitkin, Linda
Vancouver: Raincoast Books., 1997 First Canadian hardcover edition with dust jacket. 128 pp. Stunning colour photographs, bibliography, index. Jacket has minor shelfwear. Fine/Near Fine.
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SGD 34.36
St. Peter's Canal: A Narrative and Structural History
by WALKER, Tony E
Ottawa: National Historic Parks and Sites Branch; Parks Canada, Department of Indian and Northern Affairs, 1973. First Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Manuscript Report Number 214. viii, 293 p. 28 cm. B&w map, plans, photographs. Blue card covers. Owner's label on first page. Appendices include information on the lockmaster's house, administration, freight, land expropriation, and swing bridges.
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SGD 137.70
The Leeds & Liverpool Canal A Photographic Journey
by Lyons David C
Nelson, Great Britain: Hendon Publishing Company Limited, 1977. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good+. Medium Horizontal Format. 1st edition. Medium horizontal format. 64 pages. Quite substantial and packed with excellent black and white photographic plates with captions. In original black card covers. Very Good+.
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SGD 5.18
RIVER OF CANADA
by Thomas Bredin
A very good hardcover in a very good dust jacket. Except for neatly written gift inscription on front endpaper, a clean, tight copy. Illustrated throughout. There are 114 pages. One of the books in the Canadian Pageant Series.
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SGD 48.20
Limnology of a Small Malayan River Sungai Gombak
by BISHOP, John E
The Hague: Dr. W. Junk, 1973. Hardcover. Good/Fair. Monographiae Biologicae vol. 22. [6], 485 p. 25 cm. Over 150 b&w figures and tables and 12 colour plates at rear. Brown cloth hardcover in orange dustjacket. Jacket has sunned spine, moderate edge wear, tape residue on lower covers near spine. Ink stamps to each edge of text block. Corrigenda taped to front free endpaper. Red underlining p. 371. Topics: environment; algae; fauna; zonation; pollution. References, appendices, subject index, index of...
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SGD 61.96
The Rideau Canal: Defence, Transport and Recreation
by TULLOCH, Judith
Ottawa: National Historic Parks and Sites Branch; Parks Canada; Environment Canada, 1981. First Edition. Softcover. Very good +. History and Archaeology, 50. 228 p. 28 cm. B&w photographs. Medium wear. Owner's label on first page.
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SGD 55.08
Remarks of Messrs Cornell and Ogden, and of E.N. Thomas before the Committee of the Whole, on the Bill providing for the Public Defence, in Assembly March 19, 1862
by CORNELL and OGDEN, Messrs. & THOMAS, E. N
Washington DC, 1862. Hardcover. Near fine. 8 p. 23 cm. Bound in half blue cloth with marbled paper. Bookbinder's label on rear endpaper. Inside title: Remarks of Messrs. Cornell and Ogden, Before the Committee of the Whole, on the Bill providing for the Public Defence, in Assembly, March 19, 1862; Also Remarks of E. N. Thomas, before the Canal Committee of the Assembly, on the Bill introduced by him for the construction of the Sodus Canal.
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SGD 20.66
Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association Thirty-third Annual Convention, Richmond, VA. October 14-16, 1940
by ROOSEVELT, President Franklin D. et al
The Association, 1940. Stamped cloth. ex library-good. 7 p. 22 cm. Staplebound booklet. Ex library with ink stamp. Former owner's label inside. Roosevelt gives his greetings, as do Vice President John N. Garner, Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson, Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox, J. W. Bailey, J. J. Mansfield, and Rear Admiral R. R. Waesche.
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SGD 20.66
Sketch of Niagara River between Queenston & Chippewa
by [BOUCHETTE, Joseph]
[London]: [Engraved by J. & C. Walker], 1831. Near fine. 21 x 28 cm one-sided page with coloured map of Niagara River. Scale of 1 mile to an inch. North is oriented to the right. Watermarked 1831. Described in Winearls, Mapping Upper Canada 1780-1867, entry 750, p. 189.
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SGD 103.28
The Fate of the Lakes: A Portrait of the Great Lakes
by Barry, James P
Bonanza Books, 1972. Good hardcover with dust jacket. Jacket worn. Black & white and color photographs.. Hard Cover. Good/Good.
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SGD 41.31
Society of the Chagres Year Book 1915
by BAXTER, John K
Society of the Chagres, 1916. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 183 p. 21 cm. Red cloth hardcover with gold print. A few tiny marks to cloth and bumped corners. Owner's label on front free endpaper. Occasional small stains to margins.
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SGD 68.85
Suwannee River: Strange Green Land (The Rivers of America)
by Matschat, Cecile Hulse
New York: Farrar and Rinehart, 1938. Good Hardcover, no dustjacket 1938 illustrated by Alexander Key. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Cover. Illus. by Key, Alexander.
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SGD 61.96
The Natural History of the Ocean a Graphic Account of the Mighty Deep
by Prof. J. W. Van Dervoort
Union Publishing House. Good with no dust jacket. 1890. Hardcover. Good hardcover with clean, but yellowed pages. No dust jacket. Minor shelf wear and scuff marks to covers and spine. One small pin hole in the spine. Binding is cracking at the hinges, but no pages appear to be missing or loose. Back cover has some water damage and the red dye from the cloth has bled onto the bottom edge of page 475 to the back end page, but this does not affect the text. Previous owner attached an ex-libris sticker...
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SGD 103.28
An Act for amending and altering certain Acts of Parliament, for making and maintaining a Navigable Canal, from the Coventry Canal Navigation, to the City of Oxford
by ANONYMOUS
London, 1794. No Binding. Very good +. Pages 1943 to 1948. 30 cm. Bound with thread only. "Anno Tricesimo Quarto Georgii III. Regis. Cap. CIII. 23d May 1794."
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SGD 13.77
The Ohio (Rivers of America)
by Banta, R. E
Rinehart & Company. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1949. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Gray cloth boards with blue trim to spine show mild shelfwear to extremities, corners straight and tight. In a rubbed and not price clipped dustjacket with chipping at points, worn along fore-edge and now in protective mylar. ; MCN32828; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 592 pp .
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SGD 41.31
Letter from the Secretary of War, in Answer to A resolution of the House, of February 3, relative to the survey of the James River and Kanawha Canal
by Secretary of War
Washington DC, 1871. Hardcover. Good. Ex. Document No. 110, 41st Congress, 3rd Session, February 11, 1871. 104 p. 24 cm. Bound in half grey cloth w ith marbled paper boards. Cracked at pp. 96-97. Repairs to tops of pp. 97 & 101-103, but small tear in top of p. 101, dampstain at top of p. 99. Small bookbinder's label at rear.
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SGD 61.96
The FALLS OF NIAGARA: being A Complete Guide to all the points of interest around and in the immediate neighborhood ...
by 07b
London, Edinburgh, NY, Tor.: Nelson & Sons,James Campbell. VG book. 12 tissue guarded color plates. Early ed. 4"x6", 64pp.. 1866. Early edition.. Hardcover. VG book. Tight. FINE inside. Brown cloth with gilt spine lettering. Pristine frontis & 11 plates in color lithography. . 6"x4", (i-v)vi(7)8-64pp. Tight. Superb contents. No aging, foxing, marginalia, etc. Plates with captions and tissue guards. Plates bright as new and based on Canadian artist Washington Friend's...
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SGD 207.93
Canals to Manchester
by Owen David
Manchester, Great Britain: Manchester University Press, 1987. Reprint . Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This is a 1987 reprint of a 1977 original. 8vo. 133 pages including detailed index. Well illustrated. An excellent account by an expert in the field. In original attractive pictorial card covers. Near Fine. REDUCED POSTAGE ON THIS ITEM.
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SGD 8.63
