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IRRAWADDY FLOTILLA

by Alister McCrae; Alan Prentice

Published by James Paton Limited. 1st. 1978

Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper. This story of river transport in Burma describes the historical background to the formation in 1852 of the Irrawaddy Flotilla: how four paddle steamers sent by the Bengal Marine to Burma for the prosecution of the second Burmese War were taken over by private enterprise in 1865 and became the foundation of the greatest river fleet the world has ever known. Blue boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations.

Top corners of boards and dustwrapper bumped.

ISBN: 0950606103
Stock no. 1817870

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