Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1959. viii, 274 pp, Illus. with 25 b/w photos. Sm. 8vo. Cloth. Second edition. English Institutions series. Update of the first edition of 1939. History of the British Mercantile Marine. A near fine copy in a very good price-clipped slightly edgeworn dust jacket. More
Baltimore: Manufacturers' Record, 1892. 175 pp. 8vo. Cloth. First edition. Republished from the Manufacturers' Record, Baltimore, MD, 1892. Spotting on front board else a very good copy. More
Philadelphia: John Bioren, 1818. 14 pp. 8vo. Self wrappers. First edition. "Made in compliance with the provisions contained in their Act of Incorporation." Union Canal was first proposed in 1690 to connect Philadelphia with the Susquehanna River, it ran approximately 82 mi from Middletown on the Susquehanna below Harrisburg to..... More
Rockingham, VT: 1834. [1] sheet. 8 x 13 inches. February 23rd, 1834 deed from Alexander Fleming of the Bellows Falls Canal Company to Stephen Mellish for $1 for land in the village of Bellows Falls, Vermont. The Bellows Canal was one of the oldest canals built in the United States..... More
[Washington D.C.]: [Printed by William A. Davis], 1817. 2 pp. 8vo. Removed. First edition. Numbered 63 along top margin. This report outlines the profits and losses for the Washington Canal company for 1816. Originally chartered in 1802 with the aim of connecting the Eastern Branch (i.e. Anacostia River) to the..... More
Pembrokeshire: Ferry Publications, (2000). 223 pp. Illus. with color photos. 8vo. Paper covered boards. First edition. A near fine copy. More
[Washington D.C.]: [U.S. Government Printing Office], 1919. Broadside. 7 3/4 x 12 3/4 in. First edition. No. 1532. (Dated July 31, 1919). The latter had been a war measure of February 28, 1918 (Proclamation No. 1432) regulating the flying of aircraft within the United States and its territorial waters. Not..... More