Like a Weaver's Shuttle - a History of the Halifax-Dartmouth Ferries

Payzant, Joan M and Lewis J
1979 (First Edition). Nimbus Publishing , Halifax

The detailed stories of the ferries of Halifax harbour and the different communities on the shoreline is an intriguing window into working conditions and the social life of the time with also enormous attention to construction detail and the development of marine engineering, complete with pertinent black and white photos and illustrations throughout.

$55.00

Specifications

Author Payzant, Joan M and Lewis J
Publisher Nimbus Publishing
Place Published Halifax
Year Published 1979 (First Edition)
Date of First Edition
or Edition Notes
1979
Size Square 8vo - Octavo, 203mm x 203mm
Chapters XXXIII
Pages 214pp

Condition Report

Cover Hardcover with blue boards and attractive mapped endpapers in very condition and beige illustrated dust wrapper in fair condition with a small partly repaired tear to the upper edge of the front cover, plus scuffing and discolouration elsewhere, now protected by clear archival covering.
Overall Text in very good condition with some minor foxing also autographed on title page by both authors , with the name and stamp of the prior owner on front free end paper and title page with a hand written note to the same , thanking him for a copy of "The Ferries of Sydney' lloosely adhered to the front free end paper with some discolouration from the adhesive overleaf as well as a folded A4 letter from the Canadian Minister of Transport in 1982, (thanking him for a pleasant tour of Sydney Harbour on a previous visit to Australia.), adhered inside the front board.