Dredging on the Panama Canal

Chicago, Ill: A. Kroch Publisher, 1931. First Edition. Octavo with dark green boards; 261 pages: illustrations, map, portraits; 24 cm Very good (-); ex libris sticker and ink inscription to front pastedown; pages are clean and binding is tight; slight must; no jacket; a couple dampstains and cup rings to boards; corners bumped; some fraying to spine and rubbing to edges. Hardcover.

Many full-page b&w quality photoplates of the Canal's construction. "Paper presented at the first meeting of the Panama section of the American society of civil engineers, held in Panama city on February 27, 1931, in honor of the members of the Interoceanic canal board and the chief of the Nicaragua canal survey." "Illustrations are so arranged and referred to in the text that they practically tell the story of the dredging wok on the Panama Canal from its beginning to date." --Introduction. Prior owner, Robert L. Beckwith appears to have worked on Canal. (Address provided is in C.Z.--Canal Zone).