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Edité par 7 C's Press, Inc., 1969
Vendeur : Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Webster, NY, Etats-Unis
Hard Cover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Revised Edition. 1969 revised edition. Jacket lightly stained with very minor tears. A few minor spots on page ridge. xxiii, 460 pp. Includes black-and-white illustrations. Taking as his title the name of the street once the busiest of the New York waterfront, the author presents us with a history of the shipping industry in New York from the close of the Revolutionary War almost to the outbreak of the Civil War (1783-1860). Describes vividly the events that made New York the leading seaport on the eastern seaboard. Gives interesting insights into the lives of the merchant princes & shipping magnates of New York City of that day.
Edité par 7 C's Press, Riverside, Conn, 1969
Vendeur : DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books, Burke, VA, Etats-Unis
Cloth. Etat : Very Good+. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Second Edition. Written by the grandson of the great Donald McKay (and author of Some Famous Sailing Ships and 482pp. 28 coloured flags & 25+ illust. Detailed history of the "Great Port" treats its social and economic history from the end of the American Revolution to the beginning of the Great War. With a complete list of commercial and mercantile firms on South Street in 1852, a list of the East River piers as of 1853, and a very detailed index. Clean. Ex-Library.