Description and condition:

Red boards hardback, dustcover, 4to, 223 pp., index, bibliography, b/w illustrations.

Very good with nice bright clean pages throughout. In good or better dustcover with sunned spine.

Contents:

The development of the paddle steamer; transatlantic crossings; cross-channel traffic; the rise of the excursion trade; ferries, river and lake steamers; the paddle steamer at war; the wheel at work; paddle steamer oddities; the decline of the paddler; restoration and preservation.