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

Lewis &amp; Dryden’s<br>Marine History of the Pacific Northwest<br>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<br>edited by E. W. Right<br>first published 1895<br>Reprinted with corrections 1961 Antiquarian Press Ltd.<br>Edition limited to 750 copies of which 700 are for sale<br>494 page illustrated hardcover<br>_____________________________________________________<br>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