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The Handbook to the Rivers and Broads of Norfolk & Suffolk

By: G Christopher Davies

Price: £35.00

Publisher: LONDON, Jarrold & Sons: 1897

Seller ID: X002703

Condition: Good

Original mustard yellow illustrated paper covered boards, wear to all corners and to edges of spine, 202pp plus 8 pages of contemporary ads, 30th edition, includes map in rear pocket which has fold splits and a closed tear. Internally a clean and tight copy
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Pennine Dreams : The Story of the Huddersfiled Narrow Canal

By: Gibson Keith

Price: £11.00

Publisher: TEMPUS: 2004

Seller ID: 018602

ISBN: 0752427512

Binding: Card Cover

Condition: VG

Well illustrated history of this trans-pennine canal and its restoration. 160pp. VG copy in card covers.
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THE CANALS OF THE WELSH VALLEYS AND THEIR TRAMROADS

By: GLADWIN DD & J M

Price: £14.95

Publisher: OAKWOOD PRESS: 1991

Seller ID: 004107

ISBN: 0853614121

Binding: Card

Condition: VG

Series C3. Accounts of the major and minor canals of South Wales and their associated tramroads. 110pp, well illustrated with photos and maps. VG copy in card covers.
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ROT-WEISS-ROT AUF BLAUEN WELLEN

By: GROSSING, FUNK, SAUER & BINDER

Price: £20.00

Publisher: WIEN, DDSG: 1979

Seller ID: 008118

Condition: VG

History of 150 years of Donau Dampfschiffahrts Gesellschaft (DDSG), the Austrian river steamer operators. 179pp, well illustrated. VG copy in slightly edge worn dw.
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THE CANALS OF SOUTH WALES AND THE BORDERS

By: HADFIELD CHARLES

Price: £20.00

Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF WALE PRESS: 1960

Seller ID: 006850

Condition: VG

Canals of the British Isles series (later published by D&C) - covering the canals of South Wales , Forest of Dean and Herefordshire. 272pp with photos and plans. VG copy in slightly edge worn dw.
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THE CANALS OF THE EAST MIDLANDS

By: HADFIELD CHARLES

Price: £18.00

Publisher: DAVID & CHARLES: 1981

Seller ID: 000435

ISBN: 071534871X

Condition: VG

Canals of the British Isles series. The volume covering the canals to the east of Birmingham - including, Grand Union, Warwick, Oxford, Leicester and River Trent. 294pp with photos and plans. VG copy in dw top edges a little dusty. The last and best edition.
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THE CANALS OF SOUTH AND SOUTH EAST ENGLAND

By: HADFIELD CHARLES

Price: £30.00

Publisher: DAVID & CHARLES: 1969

Seller ID: 001485

ISBN: 0715346938

Condition: VG

Canals of the British Isles series. volume covering the canals around London, central South England and the South East. 393pp with photos and plans. VG clean copy in slightly edge worn and chipped dw.
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THE CANALS OF SOUTH WEST ENGLAND

By: HADFIELD CHARLES

Price: £18.00

Publisher: DAVID & CHARLES: 1967

Seller ID: 001488

ISBN: 0715341766

Condition: VG

Canals of the British Isles series. 1st edition of the volume covering the canals of Cornwall, Devon and Somerset, including many unfinished schemes. 206pp with photos and plans. VG copy in dw.
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STROUDWATER CANAL

By: HANDFORD MICHAEL

Price: £8.00

Publisher: ALAN SUTTON: 1979

Seller ID: 012849

ISBN: 0904387305

Condition: VG

Standard history of this early canal from Stroud to the Severn. 337pp, illsutrated. Fine copy in card covers.
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STROUDWATER CANAL

By: HANDFORD MICHAEL

Price: £10.00

Publisher: ALAN SUTTON: 1979

Seller ID: 011714

ISBN: 0904387305

Condition: VG

Standard history of this early canal from Stroud to the Severn. 337pp, illsutrated. VG clean copy in dw.
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STROUDWATER & THAMES AND SEVERN CANALS TOWPATH GUIDE

By: HANDFORD MICHAEL & VINER DAVID

Price: £8.00

Publisher: GLOUCESTER, ALAN SUTTON: 1984

Seller ID: 012848

ISBN: 0904387615

Condition: VG

Detailed guide to these two canals with maps and photos. 224pp. VG in card covers.
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Biography of Sir Charles Hartley, Civil Engineer (1825-1915)

By: Hartley C W S

Price: £120.00

Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press: 1989

Seller ID: 013936

ISBN: 0889464618

Condition: VG

Detailed biography of this British Civil Engineer best known for his works on the River Danube Delta. volume set 840pp in total with ilustrations. VG clean set with just minor signs of wear in the original red cloth boards (not issued with dws). Scarce set.
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The Thames

By: Herbert A P

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson: 1966

Seller ID: 014741

Condition: VG

Account of the River Thames and its history by this well known Politician, including an account of his wartime experiences on a patrol boat in the Thames Docks. 256pp, illustrated. VG clean copy in dw - just a little minor wear to edges.
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Adventures in a Coracle

By: Herries J W

Price: £30.00

Publisher: William Hodge & Co: 1923

Seller ID: 014796

Condition: VG

Account of a journey along the River Tweed in a Coracle. 114pp with B&W plates. VG clean copy in original cloth boards, slight wear to edges.
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THE THAMES & SEVERN CANAL

By: HOUSEHOLD HUMPHREY

Price: £15.00

Publisher: ALAN SUTTON: 1987

Seller ID: 003217

Condition: VG

Revised edition of a book original published in the D&C Inland Waterways History series in 1969. 258pp with photos and maps. VG copy in card covers.
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THE THAMES & SEVERN CANAL

By: HOUSEHOLD HUMPHREY

Price: £18.00

Publisher: DAVID & CHARLES: 1969

Seller ID: 001379

ISBN: 0715344757

Condition: VG

D&C Inland Waterways History series, one of the scarcer volumes. 237pp with photos and maps. VG copy in dw, 1" closed tear to front.
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Norfolk Estuary Works. Proceedings in Parliament Before the Committees of the House of Commons and House of Lords

By: Houses of Parliament

Price: £50.00

Publisher: LONDON, Waterlow & Sons: 1853

Seller ID: X001886

Condition: VG

Rebound in black cloth with gilt titling, parliamentary proceedings from the short-hand writer's notes, with prefatory statement and appendix, xi/459pp, 'in matters in dispute between the Norfolk Estuary Company and the Eau Brink Drainage Commissioners, relating to the mode of executing a cut and works below Lynn, under the Norfolk Estuary Acts.'
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THE BRECON FOREST TRAMROADS - THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF AN EARLY RAILWAY SYSTEM

By: HUGHES STEPHEN

Price: £14.50

Publisher: ABERYSTWYTH, R.C.A.H.M.W: 1990

Seller ID: 010253

ISBN: 1871184053

Binding: Card

Condition: VG

Superb, highly detailed examination of these early railways in South Wales, built to bring limestone down to the ironworks of Neath and district. 367pp with many photos, plans and drawings. VG copy in card covers.
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THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE MONTGOMERYSHIRE CANAL

By: HUGHES STEPHEN

Price: £12.00

Publisher: R.C.A.H.M.W: 1983

Seller ID: 000244

ISBN: 1871184002

Condition: VG

Brief history of this canal on the Welsh borders and detailed examiation of the surviving remains including many anciliary sites. 168pp with many photos, plans and drawings. Much enlarged 2nd edition. VG copy in card covers, blind stamp to half-title..
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Canal Songs and Songs from Canal Folk

By: Jackson Mucahel & Raven Jon

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Broadside Records: 1974

Seller ID: 015793

Condition: VG

Collection of songs (some with music) of canal related folk songs. 28pp. VG copy in slightly worn card covers
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TOWPATH GUIDE No.1 - STAFFORDSHIRE & WORCESTERSHIRE CANAL

By: LANGFORD J IAN

Price: £8.95

Publisher: CAMBRIDGE, GOOSE & SON: 1974

Seller ID: 002179

Condition: VG

Extensive route guide to this canal from the Severn to the Trent & Mersey with detailed linear maps and photos. 276pp. Vg in very slightly worn card covers.
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THE MORRIS CANAL : A PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY

By: LEE JAMES

Price: £25.00

Publisher: DELAWARE PRESS: 1994

Seller ID: 012124

Condition: VG

Largely photographic history of this early Amercian canal in New Jersey. 136pp. VG copy in dw.
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THE TRENT & MERSEY CANAL

By: LINDSAY JEAN

Price: £15.00

Publisher: DAVID & CHARLES: 1979

Seller ID: 000106

ISBN: 0715377817

Condition: VG

D&C waterways history of the first great trunk route from the Midlands to the North West. 182p with photos. VG copy in dw.
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The Story of the Tweed

By: Maxwell Herbert

Price: £25.00

Publisher: James Nisbet & Co: 1909

Seller ID: 013913

Condition: VG-

Classic account of the Tweed Valley. 374pp, illustrated. Generally a clean copy, slight spotting/browning throughout, corner of rear end-paper clipped. Original green blind-stamped cloth, spine slightly sunned and a little worn to head and tail.
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The Laws of Sewers or the Office And Authority of Commissioners of Sewers

By: Mears W

Price: £275.00

Publisher: Londion, W Mears: 1726

Seller ID: X019748

Condition: VG-

important work on the legal framework for the control of sea and river defences, land drainage etc in England with an account of the laws relating to Romney Marsh. [6],199pp,[1] . Contents very clean, slight annotations to title page, book plate to front paste-down. Original full calf, worn with hinges starting. Rare.
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Steam Towing on Rivers and Canals By Mean of a Submerged Cable

By: Meyer F J & Wernigh W

Price: £125.00

Publisher: E & F N SPON: 1876

Seller ID: 013848

Condition: VG

Details of the Author's proposed (and patented) system for steam haulage by cable (simillar in principle to that used these days by chain ferries). 54pp, with illustrations, plus a loose 5pp appendix. VG clean copy in original cloth boards, Rare.
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THE MELTON MOWBRAY NAVIGATION

By: MILLER M G & FLETCHER S

Price: £6.00

Publisher: RAILWAY & CANAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY: 1984

Seller ID: 007480

ISBN: 0901461377

Binding: Card

Condition: VG

History of the Melton Mowbray Navigation which connected the River Soar to the Oakham Canal, plus account of the surviving remains. 48pp with illustrations etc. VG copy in card covers.
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Guide Officiel De La Navigation Intérieure

By: Ministère des Travaux Publics

Price: £49.00

Publisher: PARIS, BAUDRY & Cie: 1891

Seller ID: 013824

Condition: VG-

Official guide to the French Inland Waterways and Canals, details of the rules and laws governing the waterways, listings of all canals etc and their current state and then detailed accounts of the individual navigations, distances, locks, facilities, methods of haulage etc. The French equivalent of de Salis' Bradshaws guide to UK waterways. xi+555pp. three fold out diagrams of the canals at rear. Original semi-limp brown cloth covers, VG condition. Contents VG but front hinge a little weak (A map was also published to go with the guide but was sold seperately and was not bound in). Scarce.
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Through France and Belgium, by River and Canal, In the Steam Yacht 'Ytene'

By: Moens W J C

Price: £40.00

Publisher: Hurst & Blackett: 1876

Seller ID: 013822

Condition: VG-

Early account of a voyage through the canals of northern France and Belgium. xii+310pp, engraved frontis. Generally a VG clean copy, just a little age tanning topages, front [blank] endpaper loose, bookplate to paste down. Original green decorative cloth boards, head of spine frayed.
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RAILWAYS AND WATERWAYS TO WARRINGTON

By: NORTON PETER A

Price: £9.50

Publisher: CHESHIRE LIBABRIES: 1984

Seller ID: 004188

ISBN: 0904532097

Condition: VG-

Excellent account of the Canals, Rivers and Railways that served Warrington. 88pp, well illustrated. Contents VG, some wear to card covers.
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