Life Robert Fulton Comprising Account Invention by Colden Cadwallader (3 results)

LeatherBound. Condition: NEW. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 426. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1817 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 426.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. In good condition. Sturdy modern boards and fresh end papers. Interior lightly age-toned with typical foxing. Light smudging from use. A few, insignificant stains sporadically throughout. Free of known marginalia. Binding tight and intact. A sound copy! Please see photos. Folding table bound in modern binding, does not fold out. No frontispiece. "An uncritical but detailed survey of the inventor's career" Colden actively supported Fulton's patent rights and the steamboat monopoly.

First edition. 8vo. 6, 371 pp. Frontis. port. & folding table. Original printed boards and paper spine, page fore-edges untrimmed. Some vertical splitting to spine, old glue repairs to spine and front joint, triangular piece torn from blank front flyleaf, ownership signature and ownership label on front pastedown. Colden took great interest in internal improvements and navigation, as is evidenced in his splendid 1825 memoir on the completion of New York canals. He actively supported Fulton's patent rights and the steamboat monopoly. DAB describes this biography as "an uncritical but detailed survey of the inventor's career, which minimizes the contributions of earlier pioneers in the field of steam navigation." AMERICAN IMPRINTS 40508. KRESS B6892.