Paddle-Wheel Days in California

Draws on printed records & personal accounts of river men to chronicle the history of the steamers & ferries river that traversed the inland rivers of California. In 157 pages with comprehensive list of steamboats & their characteristics in rear & pen-and-ink drawings by the author throughout. Orig. published in Oct. 1944, this is the Fourth Printing from Oct. 1945. Hardcover book has green patterned cloth over boards with a 1/8th red cloth wrapped spine, decorative design to front & gilt lettering to spine. Condition is VG: exceptionally clean, binding straight & strong, pages just slightly off-white, colors bright. Endpapers partially tanned. Slight rubbing to all extremities, foxing to top outside page edges. The unclipped DJ is Good+ /VG- bright & colorful, but marred by some small-medium chips along spine-front cover interface & rubbing to extremities. Nicely protected in new mylar cover free! Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping if ordered by 2 pm weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next day.

Product Info

Publisher: Stanford University Press

Year: 1945

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

First Edition

Seller Info

GargoyleBooks

Address: 7525 Olive Place La Mesa, California

Website: https://www.gargoylebooks.net

Country: United States