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Up the river : steam navigation above Carquinez Strait

Title
Up the river : steam navigation above Carquinez Strait / David Hull, editor.
Publication
San Francisco : Book Club of California, 2003.

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TextRestricted use *KP (Book Club) 05-199Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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Additional Authors
  • Hull, David.
  • Book Club of California. pbl
  • Arion Press. bkd
  • Roswell Bookbinding. bnd
Description
58 p. : ill. (some col.), maps; 22 x 26 cm.
Series Statement
The keepsake for 2002 / Book Club of California
Uniform Title
Keepsake series (Book Club of California) ; 2002.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Typefaces (Type evidence) – Minion.
Note
  • "Up the river was designed and produced by the Arion Press in San Francisco. The type is digitally composed Minion. This keepsake was printed by offset lithography on Mohawk Superfine at Charles Graphics, San Francisco, and bound by Roswell Bookbinding of Phoenix, Arizona. The edition is limited to 10,000 copies"--Colophon.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Binding (note)
  • Issued in light gray paper covers, printed in blue.
Contents
Sidewheel steamships on the Strait : the Pacific Mail Steamship Company's depot at Benicia, 1850-1869 / James P. Delgado -- The wine ship [the Angelo Petri] / William Kooiman -- The gold boat of Sacramento [the Antelope] / Richard H. Dillon -- The Linda : first steamship to ascend the Feather and Yuba Rivers / Gary F. Kurutz -- Dover : the last sternwheel steamer upriver / Otis Oldfield -- Steamboats : on the American River? / Norman L. Wilson -- Above the head of navigation : steaming south to Fresno and on Tulare Lake / Duncan S. Harvey -- The steamer with two lives / Carl Nolte -- Comfort and luxury afloat / Stan Garvey -- Boats flaming like torches / James E. Henley -- The first steamer to navigate San Francisco Bay / John Haskell Kemble -- "Another unfortunate 'accident' on the River" / Robert J. Chandler.
Call Number
*KP (Book Club) 05-199
OCLC
53864584
Title
Up the river : steam navigation above Carquinez Strait / David Hull, editor.
Imprint
San Francisco : Book Club of California, 2003.
Series
The keepsake for 2002 / Book Club of California
Keepsake series (Book Club of California) ; 2002.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Binding
Issued in light gray paper covers, printed in blue.
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Added Author
Hull, David.
Book Club of California. Publisher
Arion Press. Book designer
Roswell Bookbinding. Binder
Research Call Number
*KP (Book Club) 05-199
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