Vendeur : John M. Gram, Port Huron, MI, Etats-Unis
Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. 1st Edition. mild rubbing to wrappers, mild age discoloration to text paper, otherwise a clean, sound copy, no creasing, quarto paperback, 119 pages. N° de réf. du vendeur 022952
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Vendeur : Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
[0-920197-00-0] [1983]. (4to stiff paper covers) Very good. 118pp. Photographs, diagrams. Foreword by John B. Aird. Locale: Collingwood--Ontario; Georgian Bay; Ontario. (Transportation, Launches, Ships, Shipyards). N° de réf. du vendeur 122810
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Vendeur : Wagon Tongue Books, Linden, AB, Canada
Soft cover. Etat : Very Good +. B/W Photographs (illustrateur). SUBTITLED ; ` The Collingwood Shipyard Spectacle '. These 119 pages celebrate Canada's last remaining ( for seaway-sized vessels) side-launch dry dock - Collingwood Shipyards. Read more about : drag-chains, Edmund Fitzgerald, Buffalo Dry Dock, River Rouge, Johb B. Aird, graving dock, trigger mechanism, bilge keel, riggers, chippers, and buildiing berth. Lots of b/w photographs. Author has flat signed the half-title. Brochure for Side-Launch Preservationists laid in. Cond : Paper wrapper is black. with red (and white) lettering. Cover art (Marten Visser) shows the launch of the John B. Aird. Volume is tight, bright squareand clean. Very light edge wear. No marks in textblock. Pages are age-toned. Very collectible. QUote (p. 52) : " Conspicuously standing out along the inboard side of the ship are eight bright yellow steel shores. These rest against the ship's inboard bilge line (curvature where the side and bottom of the hull meet), and are held up from beneath by eight 100-ton capacity hydraulic jacks. The eight ._._._. . " Size: 4to. Signed by Author(s). N° de réf. du vendeur 013951
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