Lewis & Dryden's Marine History Pacific Northwest Wright 1961 Limited Edition

Lewis & Dryden’s
Marine History of the Pacific Northwest
An illustrated review of the growth and development of the maritime industry, from the advent of the earliest navigators to the present time, with sketches and portraits of a number of well-known marine men
edited by E. W. Right
first published 1895
Reprinted with corrections 1961 Antiquarian Press Ltd.
Edition limited to 750 copies of which 700 are for sale
494 page illustrated hardcover
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In essaying to place on record a history of the greatest industry on the Pacific Coast, care has been exercised to present a correct and truthful account in accordance with the relative importance of the various details which collectively form the work. The ancient Beaver, Otter, Lot Whitcomb, and other craft of a contemporaneous period, would appear insignificant indeed in competition with the floating palaces of the present day; and yet none of the magnificent steamers which has supplanted