Item #76131 LLOYD'S STEAMBOAT DIRECTORY, AND DISASTERS ON THE WESTERN WATERS, Containing the History of the First Application of Steam, as a Motive Power; The Lives of John Fitch and Robert Fulton, Likenesses & Engravings of Their First Steamboats. James T. Lloyd.
LLOYD'S STEAMBOAT DIRECTORY, AND DISASTERS ON THE WESTERN WATERS, Containing the History of the First Application of Steam, as a Motive Power; The Lives of John Fitch and Robert Fulton, Likenesses & Engravings of Their First Steamboats...

LLOYD'S STEAMBOAT DIRECTORY, AND DISASTERS ON THE WESTERN WATERS, Containing the History of the First Application of Steam, as a Motive Power; The Lives of John Fitch and Robert Fulton, Likenesses & Engravings of Their First Steamboats...

Cincinnati: James T. Lloyd & Co., 1856. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, first issue. Lloyd's Directory is notable for being one of the first to detail disasters on the Mississippi River as well as for its statistical data. Octavo: vi, 7-326 p. with [4] p. advertisements at the rear, numerous textual maps and engravings, and additional advertising on the front pastedown. Original brown cloth binding, with decorative gilt and blind stamping. Some general foxing to the contents. The boards are clean and bright, with a bit of wear to the corners and tips; else about very good. Howes L406; Buck 547; Sabin 41691; Eberstadt 103:159. Very good. Item #76131

Price: $500.00

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