Author: NEWHALL, SCOTT
Title: The Eppleton Hall - Being a True and Faithful Narrative of the Remarkable Voyage of the Last Tyne River Steam Sidewheel Paddle Tug Afloat, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne to San Francisco 1969-1970
Description: Berkeley, Calif. Howell-North Books, 1971. 1971. (ISBN: 0831070854) Hardcover . Hardback, tall octavo, 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches, black titling on light green cloth covers, 304 pages, Near Fine/no dj (stiff clear acetate dustwrapper provided to preserve condition). Tight binding, entirely crisp & clean inside and out incl no names no writing etc. and essentially no signs of any wear. Map endpapers, color photo frontis (the dj image), illustrated chapter headings, cross-sections & schematics of the vessel and its engine, map of the currents, 58 pages of b&w photographic plates that are all in the numbering system (2 pgs & 8 pgs early in the book + last 48 pgs of the book that apparently show the resurrection & rebirth of the tug from the mud). Laid-in are two b&w photographic images of the Eppleton Hall: a 1995 magazine image of her under tow in San Francisco headed for restoration and an image from another book of her new in 1914 running trials. Near Fine.

Keywords: Nautical Maritime History Travel Adventure 0831070854