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WHITE FUNNEL MAGIC

Written by Nigel Coombes
Published by Twelveheads Press in 1995
ISBN: 0906294347

WHITE FUNNEL MAGIC
Written by Nigel Coombes.
Stock no. 1830168
1st. 1995. Hardback. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Story of the Campbells Excursion Trade Steamers based at Bristol. Oblong format. Blue cloth boards, white title to spine. B/w photos. 120 pages. ISBN: 0906294347. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Boards lightly marked with tiny specks, base of spine shelf-rubbed. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine and spine edge at front and rear, light scuffing, rubbing to top & tail of spine, small closed tear to lower corner of front flap (no loss).

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Front cover

Cover of WHITE FUNNEL MAGIC by Nigel Coombes

Contents

  • Introduction
  • The famous blue pennant
  • Part One
  • Campbells and their competitors in the Bristol Channel 1888-1939
  • Part Two
  • White Funnels on the South Coast
  • Part Three
  • The days we remember best: Bristol Channel 1946-1980
  • Part Four
  • The Waverley Years: maintaining the great tradition
  • Acknowledgements