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MILLS, James Cooke Our Inland Seas : Their Shipping and Commerce for Three Centuries. 1st US.signed.
A.C. McClurg, Chicago, 1910,
MILLS, James Cooke. Our Inland Seas : Their Shipping and Commerce for ThreeCenturies. Chicago: A.C. McClurg, 1910. First American Printing. Pp. [i]-x v,(2),18-380, frontis., + 52 p. of plates and maps. Illustrated. 8vo, navy blue cloth with gilt lettering and decoration to front and spine. Contents:1. The Origin, Discovery, and Magnitude of the Great Lakes; 2. Earliest Na vigation; 3. Le Griffon, the First Sailing Vessel; 4. The Launch and Voyageof Le Griffon; 5. Navigation from 1680 to the War of 1812; 6. The Beginnin g of Steam Navigation; 7. The Walk-in-the-Water: Pioneer Steamboat; 8. The Early Days of Steam Navigation; 9. The Rapid Growth of the Lakes Shipping; 10. The Advent of the Screw Propellor: The Commerce of Lake Superior; 11. Prosperous Times for the Lake Marine; 12. The Beginning of Railroad Competition; 13. The United States Gunboat Wolverine, the First Iron-hulled Vessel;14. From Wood to Iron; 15. The River Ferries from Hand to Steam; 16. The R ailway Transports; 17. The Era of Steel and the Package Freighters; 18. TheGreyhounds of the Unsalted Seas; 19. The Merchant Marine of Canada; 20. Th e Building of a Lake Freighter; 21. The Queen of the World's Lake Craft, the City of Cleveland; 22. The Six-Hundred-Foot Ore and Grain Carriers; 23. For the Freedom of the Sea; 24. Wrecking and Fire Tugs, the Navy Training Ships, and the Mail Boat; 25. Economics of Lake Navigation. Much of spine gilt worn away, some light wear to spine ends and extremities, faint foxing verso frontispiece, else vg. Signed without inscription by Mills on the half-title. 75.00
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MILLS, James Cooke Our Inland Seas : Their Shipping and Commerce for Three Centuries. Reprint
Freshwater Press, Inc., Cleveland, 1976,
MILLS, James Cooke. Our Inland Seas : Their Shipping and Commerce for ThreeCenturies. Cleveland, OH: Freshwater Press, Inc., 1976. A facsimile of the 1910 A.C. McClurg edition, Chicago. Pp. [i]-xv,(2),18-380,(4), frontis., + 52 p. of plates and maps. Illustrated. 8vo, navy blue cloth with silver le ttering and decoration to front and spine. Contents: 1. The Origin, Discovery, and Magnitude of the Great Lakes; 2. Earliest Navigation; 3. Le Griffon, the First Sailing Vessel; 4. The Launch and Voyage of Le Griffon; 5. Navigation from 1680 to the War of 1812; 6. The Beginning of Steam Navigation; 7. The Walk-in-the-Water: Pioneer Steamboat; 8. The Early Days of Steam Navigation; 9. The Rapid Growth of the Lakes Shipping; 10. The Advent of the Screw Propellor: The Commerce of Lake Superior; 11. Prosperous Times for theLake Marine; 12. The Beginning of Railroad Competition; 13. The United Sta tes Gunboat Wolverine, the First Iron-hulled Vessel; 14. From Wood to Iron;15. The River Ferries from Hand to Steam; 16. The Railway Transports; 17. The Era of Steel and the Package Freighters; 18. The Greyhounds of the Unsalted Seas; 19. The Merchant Marine of Canada; 20. The Building of a Lake Freighter; 21. The Queen of the World's Lake Craft, the City of Cleveland; 22. The Six-Hundred-Foot Ore and Grain Carriers; 23. For the Freedom of the Sea; 24. Wrecking and Fire Tugs, the Navy Training Ships, and the Mail Boat;25. Economics of Lake Navigation. Boards slightly splayed, small dampstain to top edge, previous owner's name inked to ffep, else vg. 30.00
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