Mallory Franklin (8 results)

Subtitle: "Message from the President of the United States Transmitting a Survey Entitled 'A History of Navigation on the Tennessee River and its Tributaries.'" x, 192 pages. Hardcover: H 23.5cm x L 15cm. No dust jacket present. Blue cloth rubbed with some staining; spine mildly sunned but with gilt lettering dulled; front board's gilt lettering remains reasonably bright. Light stain at lower fore-edge with some leaves fractionally abraded. Foxing/toning to endpapers; ink number stamp on rear free endpaper. Binding is firm. With Letter of Transmittal by Franklin D. Roosevelt, prefatory essay by TVA Board Chairman Arthur E. Morgan, Preface by J. Haden Alldredge, illustrations and maps, Appendix "Vessels in the Fleet at the Battle of Shiloh" (pages 150-151), Bibliography (pages 152-158), References Cited (pages 159-181), and Index. Features sixteen chapters: "Introduction;" "Role of the Tennessee in Early Exploration, Trade, and Settlement;" "The Tennessee River and the Question of Free Navigation of the Mississippi;" "Some Economic Phases of the 20-Year Period 1783-1803;" "Transition Period, 1803-14;" "The Rise of Steamboating;" "The Coming of Railroads to the Tennessee Valley;" "The Influence of the Tennessee River upon the War between the States;" "Revival of Navigation on the Tennessee River Following the War between the States;" "Commercial Decadence on the Waterways;" "Need for Navigation Improvements on the Tennessee River;" "Navigation Improvements on Tributaries of Tennessee River through Private Efforts;" "Navigation Improvements on the Tennessee River and Its Tributaries by the States of Alabama and Tennessee;" "Proposals for Connecting the Tennessee River with Other River Systems;" "Navigation Improvements on the Tennessee River System by the Federal Government;" "The Advent of a New Navigation Epic on the Tennessee River System.".…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 224 pages, oversize, drawings, photos, appendices. Fine hardcover in very good dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 2nd Edition. very nice copy; larger-format.

Hardcover. 4to. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st printing. This signed copy has boards bound in blue linen with straight edges and pointed corners. Yellow titling is faded but remains legible. Spine is uncreased with rubbed head. Faded titling remains legible. Text block is square with foxed top edge. Binding is firm. 224p. You can find Mallory's personalized inscription in black ink on front fly leaf dated 1980. Interior is otherwise unmarked with crisp white pages filled with black and white illustrations and photography. Dust Jacket is unclipped with bold black titling. Edges and corners are creased. Front hinge is rubbed and lightly chipping. Open tear present at head of spine. Overall remains a lovely collectible copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 2nd Edition. Signed by Author(s).

hardcover. Condition: Good. First Printing. First printing hardcover published by the Springfield Research Service, 1979. Text looks free of notations/underlining. Tight spine. Wear to the exterior. Dust jacket has some rubbing along the edges and corners.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. very nice copy; larger-format; first edition; #99/100 copies; signed and inscribed by Mallory and Olson. Inscribed by Author(s).

224 pages, 4to., illustrated in b/w from photographs ,line drawings, gun breakdowns etc. Publishers' blue cloth with title to the upper cover, very good in DJ.