This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1888 Excerpt: ...beyond them in one direction and nothing in the other. We passed a chain of flat islands that looked unutterably desolate and dreary. There was a warm light in the sky, and by the time we reached the basin above the lock at Verdun the stars were reflected in the calm water. Here the train of boats came to a standstill, ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1888 Excerpt: ...beyond them in one direction and nothing in the other. We passed a chain of flat islands that looked unutterably desolate and dreary. There was a warm light in the sky, and by the time we reached the basin above the lock at Verdun the stars were reflected in the calm water. Here the train of boats came to a standstill, and it was not long before sleep reigned from stem to stern of the Boussemroum. LETTER XXXII. VLRDUN, _/, ! 29//;. The first event in the morning after our arrival at Verdun was a great quarrel between the Belgian bargeman on the ptniche and the crew of the steam-tug. It was due, in the first place, to the foreigner's misunderstanding of the customs prevalent on the Saone, and in the second to the mere fact that he was a foreigner. When a boat forms part of a train it is evident that the bargeman may, if he chooses, remain inactively on board, but a custom of mutual help prevails on the Saone by which the men on all the boats are expected to offer their sen-ices at certain times, as when locks are passed and there is hard labour in separating and re-forming the train. On all such occasions I am represented by the Pilot, whose mighty strength and merry goodwill make him one of the most popular men on the river; but that unlucky Belgian had remained all day on board his own boat, and he had not even done his duty well on that, so two men from the steamer were sent to belay the towing cables better. He was impolitic enough to protest against their presence as an intrusion, and to assert that he was master on his own boat, which was a technical error as when a boat forms part of a train the entire train is commanded by the captain of the tug, who can send men whereever he thinks they may be needed. The two powerful fellows who had come...
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Pennell, Joseph. G+, the cover and spine show dirt from over a century of use, and the corners and spine endsare slighly bent. Yellow ochre cloth boards with gold embossing and illustration, [xix] 367 pp--gold-edged, 148 BW illustrations. A travelogue through this river in eastern France, beautifully illustrated by Joseph Pennell, with a few drawings by the author, and conveying the flavor of travelling through in that area in the latter 1800s. The author and illustrator voyaged along the whole of that river which was then navigable.
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Very Good. 1888. Decorated cloth with gilt stamped lettering. 4to. xix & 368 pp. Illustrated by Joseph Pennell. Decorative endpapers. All edges gilt. Some shelf wear to boards, with fraying at corners and spine. Moderate wear to rear hinge. Previous owner's inscription to title page. Pages are clean, bright, and unmarked. Altogether a copy in Very Good condition. (Subject: Travel. )
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Joseph Pennell illustrated. G; all edges gilt; bds some soil & edgewear; ltrg on frt bright; , no dj. 368pp, ltrg on spine medium brightness; Text tight & clean.
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Boston 1888 Roberts. 4to., 368pp., 148 illustrations by Joseph Pennell or the Author, 4 maps, light tan pictorial boards. All edges gilt. Near VG, some light corner and spine end wear, a few small spots on cover.