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THE ANDERTON BOAT LIFT
Written by David Carden.
Stock no. 1323165
Published by Black Dwarf Publications. 1st 2000. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Anderton Boat Lift near Northwich in Cheshire is acclaimed as one of the seven wonders of the waterways world. Red boards, gilt titles. B/w photos. ISBN: 0953302865. Spine bumped. A few small, light marks to covers. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is just a little creased at edges.

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THE ROYAL CANAL THE COMPLETE STORY
Written by Peter Clarke.
Stock no. 2140595
Published by Elo Publications. 1st IRELAND 1992. Very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0951959328. SIGNED by author, with a dedication to previous owner on half-title page. Light wear to cover corners. A few marks to outer page edges.

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CANAL PORTS: THE URBAN ACHIEVEMENT OF THE CANAL AGE
Written by J. Douglas Porteous.
Stock no. 2135950
Published by Academic Press. 1st 1977. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w diagrams and photos. ISBN: 0125619502. Bumping to spine. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Browning and foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is creased with a few closed tears; unevenly browned.

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THE STROUDWATER CANAL A HISTORY
Written by Michael Handford.
Stock no. 1321480
Published by Amberley Publishing. 1st thus 2013. Nearly fine condition.

First published in 1979, since then the canal as been restored to its former glory. Contains minor revisions and additions to the original text. Cream cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781445619439. Slight rubbing to corners.

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CANALS AND THEIR ARCHITECTURE
Written by Robert Harris.
Stock no. 2133564
Published by Godfrey Cave. 1980. Very good condition.

Card wraps. Large square format. B/w photos. 2nd edition. Some colour illustrations. ISBN: 0906223210. Uneven fading/browning to covers. Some creasing to corners; a few marks.

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HERE AND THERE ON THE MONMOUTHSHIRE & BRECON CANAL
Written by Ken Haynes. Illustrated by Ken Haynes.
Stock no. 1819416
Published by The Starling Press. 1st 1988. Fine condition.

Pictorial card wraps. B/w drawings by the author. ISBN: 0951190814.

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THE RIDDLE OF THE PAINTED BOX
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by Lunt Roberts.
Stock no. 1819217
Published by Noel Carrington. 1st 1947. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A vivid, fast-moving story of an unusual adventure on the Grand Union Canal. Orange cloth. B/w illustrations. 164 pages. Staining to boards. Spine slightly cocked. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some colouring to b/w frontis. Pictorial dustwrapper is heavily repaired with tape to verso which has aged and is now showing through to the front. Some surface paper loss to rear panel of dustwrapper and some loss to spine.

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THROUGH THE FRENCH CANALS
Written by Philip Bristow.
Stock no. 2131913
Published by Nautical Publishing Company. 2nd 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Nautical Canals of Europe Series. Red boards, gilt title. B/w photos. Second edition. ISBN: 0245509747. Foxing to outer page edges. Name in ink to front endpaper. Wrapper is edge-creased with a faded spine.

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THE STROUDWATER CANAL
Written by Michael Handford.
Stock no. 2128652
Published by Alan Sutton. 1st 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Chapters one to seven have been revised from an edition first published in 1976 by Moonraker Press. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w plates. 337 pages including index. ISBN: 0904387305. Some marks to covers. Marks and browning to outer page edges. Wrapper is faded to spine.

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NARROW BOATS CARE AND MAINTENANCE
Written by Nick Billingham.
Stock no. 2126548
Published by The Crowood Press. 2003. Slightly better than very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. B/w diagrams. ISBN: 1852238615. Bumping to spine and along a couple of cover edges.

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PENNINE PIONEER THE STORY OF THE ROCHDALE CANAL
Written by Keith Gibson.
Stock no. 2122314
Published by Tempus. 1st 2004. Nearly fine condition.

Card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0752432664. A little creasing to a couple of cover corners.

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NARROW BOATS CARE AND MAINTENANCE
Written by Nick Billingham.
Stock no. 1608305
Published by The Crowood Press. 2008. Nearly fine condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. B/w diagrams. ISBN: 9781852238612. Bumping to spine and corners.

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