Commonwealth: Giantess of the Sound.
first edition
[1959] · New York
by McAdam, Roger Williams.
New York: Stephen Daye Press, [1959]. First Edition. Octavo, green cloth (hardcover), gilt letters, 193 pp. Near-Fine, with light foxing (age darkened spotting) to endpapers, in a Very Good+ dust jacket with edgewear. “Giantess she truly was in her hey-day -- 456 feet in length, displacing 5, 410 tons, capable of 20 knots -- the largest steamer to sail Long Island Sound, and one of the fastest on the Sound. Commonwealth was launched in 1907 and soon became one of the most popular ships to ply between New York and New England. Her seven architectural styles were a wonder of her day...The 120 photographs alone provide a unique panorama of Commonwealth history. Many of these photographs have never before been published. Here was Commonwealth in her glory...” (Inventory #: 00482scs)