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GARDEN CITIES AND CANALS
Written by J.S. Nettleford.
Stock no. 1328444
Published by St. Catherine Press.
1st
1914.
Good condition.
Pale blue boards with dark titles to spine and front cover. 220 pages. Covers are grubby. Spine is split along front edge. Name in purple biro to front free-endpaper. Endpapers lightly browned. Heavy foxing to contents.
- Categorised in:
- CANALS
- TOWN PLANNING
- ECONOMICS
THE THAMES & SEVERN CANAL
Written by Humphrey Household.
Stock no. 1328425
Published by Amberley Publishing.
2009.
Nearly fine condition.
Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781848680357. Corner tips of pages and covers very slightly rubbed/creased.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- CANALS
- INDUSTRIAL HISTORY
JAMES BRINDLEY AND THE DUKE OF BRIDGEWATER: CANAL VISIONARIES
Written by Victoria Owens.
Stock no. 1828471
Published by Amberley Publishing.
1st
2015.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Disappointed in love, in 1759 Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, retreated to Lancashire to devote himself to coal and canals. When his agent, John Gilbert, introduced him to the Staffordshire Schemer James Brindley, the two men formed an unlikely alliance that would alter the face of the country. This book charts the dynamics of a remarkable business relationship in a fast-changing world. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w photos/illustrations. ISBN: 9781445649665. A lovely copy.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- CANALS
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
THE CRUISE OF THE MAIDEN CASTLE
Written by David Severn.
Illustrated by J. Kiddell-Monroe.
Stock no. 1328138
Published by The Bodley Head.
1st
1948.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Green cloth, black title to spine and vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped, slight rubbing to cover edges. Name and address in blue biro to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper has loss to top and tail of spine and is torn at edges.
NARROW BOATS: OWNERSHIP, CARE AND MAINTENANCE
Written by Michael Stimpson.
Stock no. 1327954
Published by The Crowood Press.
1st
2019.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Glazed pictorial boards. 160 pages. Colour photos. ISBN: 9781785005510. Slight rubbing to spine and corners.
RESCUED FROM OBSCURITY: THE CONTINUING STORY OF THE HEREFORD & GLOUCESTER CANAL
Written by Richard Skeet.
Stock no. 1327791
Published by The Herefordshire And Gloucestershire Canal Trust.
1st
2014.
Nearly fine condition.
The story of the building and operation of the canal and also how the canal trust set about the enormous task of restoring the 34 miles of this historic canal, reconnecting two ancient Cathedral Cities. Cardwraps. 200 pages. Colour photos. ISBN: 9780992944100. Minimal rubbing to corners of covers.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- CANALS
- HEREFORDSHIRE
- GLOUCESTERSHIRE
THE THAMES & SEVERN CANAL
Written by Humphrey Household.
Stock no. 1327790
Published by Amberley Publishing.
1st thus
2009.
Nearly fine condition.
Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781848680357. Minimal rubbing to corners of covers.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- CANALS
- INDUSTRIAL HISTORY
RIVER CARPING
Written by Neil Wayte; et al.
Stock no. 1327504
Published by The Crowood Press.
2010.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Experience river carp anglers pass on their knowledge of their local running water venues. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 175 pages. B/w and colour photos. ISBN: 9781861263780. Minimal bumping to spine. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed.
- Categorised in:
- FIELD SPORTS
- ANGLING
- CARP
- COARSE FISHING
- RIVERS
- CANALS
BRECKNOCK & ABERGAVENNY AND MONMOUTHSHIRE CANALS
Written by R. Alan Stevens.
Stock no. 1327155
Published by Goose and Son.
1st
1974.
Good condition.
Green card wraps. B/w photos. Towpath Guide No. 2. ISBN: 0900404264. Covers are edge rubbed. Tiny patch of surface paper damage to front cover. Spine is marked. "History Dept" written in biro to inside front cover. Page browning and foxing throughout else contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- MONMOUTHSHIRE
- BRECONSHIRE
- TRANSPORT
- CANALS
THE LEEDS & LIVERPOOL CANAL: A HISTORY AND GUIDE
Written by Mike Clarke.
Stock no. 1827642
Published by Carnegie Publishing Ltd..
1st
1990.
Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Illustrated history of England's longest and most successful inland waterway. Dark green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and maps. ISBN: 0948789409. Text block lightly browned with some foxing. Else a clean copy. Green pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed. There is a slight musty odour present.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- CANALS
- NORTH EAST UK
- YORKSHIRE
- NORTH WEST UK
- LANCASHIRE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- LIVERPOOL
THE NAVVY IN SCOTLAND
Written by James E. Handley.
Stock no. 1827486
Published by Cork University Press.
1st
1970.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
A detailed account of the work of the navvies in nineteenth century Scotland, covering such aspects as recruitment, the nature of the labour, the wages for the job, the conditions they had to endure, and so much more. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Light shelf-wear to base of spine. Light foxing to top edge of text block. Endpapers browned. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is lightly browned.
WATERWAYS OF THE WORLD
Written by W.J. Bassett-Lowke.
Illustrated by Laurence Dunn.
Stock no. 1324311
Published by Penguin Books Ltd.
Circa
1944.
Almost very good condition.
Puffin Picture Book No. 32. Pictorial paper wraps. Colour and b/w illustrations. Foxing to covers, textblock and first few/last few pages.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- PUFFIN PICTURE BOOK
- LITHOGRAPHS
- CANALS