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How to Order | Book Condition | We Want Your Books | About Us | Contact Us Please consult the How-to-Order section before ordering any books. Aickman, Robert Know Your Waterways, Coram Publishers Ltd, nd c1960, pp112. Pb. Fair. An authoritative introduction. £1.95 Blandford, Percy W Canoeing Waters, Lutterworth Press, 1966, pp239. Hb. VG in a VG- dust wrapper. A comprehensive guide detailing where you can canoe in Britain. £3.95 Body, Geoffrey and Gallop, Roy The Glastonbury Canal, Fiducia, 2001, pp48. Address label inside the covers. Pb. VG. "The story of a colourful 19th century canal venture." £4.95 Boucher, Cyril T G James
Brindley Engineer 1716-1772, Goose & Son, 1968, pp130 with 10
illustrations. Inscription.
Hb. VG+/VG.
The first full-length biography of the great canal engineer.
£6.95 British Canoe Union Guide to the Waterways of the British Isles, 3rd edition, 1960, pp274. Hb. No dust wrapper. VG. A comprehensive canoeing guide. £3.95 Buchanan C A The Bridgwater and Taunton Canal, Somerset Industrial Archaeological Society, 2nd edition 1994, pp28. SIAS Survey No.1. Pb. VG+. Focuses on the current state of the canal. £2.95 Calvert,
Roger Inland Waterways of Britain, IA, 1963, pp56.
Small format with Glazed Boards. VG.
An illustrated account of our canals and inland waterways in 1962.
£1.95 Clarke J N The Horncastle and Tattershall Canal, Oakwood, 1990, pp96. Canal Histories Number C6. Pb. VG. Several small brown marks on the front cover. An illustrated history. £5.95 Clew, Kenneth R The Kennet & Avon Canal, D&C, 1968, pp206 with a colour frontis & 30 illustrations. Inland Waterway Histories Series. Foreword by Charles Hadfield. Address sticker inside covers. Hb. VG/Fair. A small circular stamp "Liverpool City Libraries" on the reverse of the title page betrays the fact that this as an ex-library book, although I could find no evidence of pastedowns or other library makings. However, sellotape marks under the dw indicate that the book has been covered at some stage. There is some wear to the dw edges, with an internally repaired tear at one corner of the dw folds. A standard history. £5.95 Clew, Kenneth R The
Somersetshire Coal Canal & Railways, D&C, 1970, pp176 with 30
illustrations & a colour frontis. Inscription.
Hb. Fine
in a VG+
dust
wrapper.
The dust
wrapper spine
is slightly sunned. £24.50 Clew, Kenneth R The Somersetshire Coal Canal & Railways, D&C, 1970, pp176 with 30 illustrations & a colour frontis. Address label inside the covers. Hb. VG in a VG dust wrapper. The dust wrapper has been protected with a clear adhesive covering. The dust wrapper spine is sunned. £22.50 Cock
O J
You
and Your
Canoe: A
Practical
Handbook,
Ernest
Benn,
1956,
pp118.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
A
practical
guide to
safe
canoeing
that lists
over 350
canoeable
waterways
in
Britain.
£2.95 Cove-Smith
C and
Chase R E
Pilotage
on Inland
Waterways:
A complete
guide to
boat
handling
on rivers
and canals,
Yachting
&
Boating
Weekly,
1970,
pp183.
Hb.
Very
Good+ in a
Very Good-
dust
wrapper.
Explains
the rules
and
customs of
navigation
on the
river and
canal and
also how
to handle
a boat so
that the
rules may
be adhered
to.
£3.95 De Mare, Eric The Canals of England, Architectural Press, 3rd revised impression, 1961, pp124. Hb. VG in a Fair dust wrapper. The dust wrapper has been reinforced internally at several points along the top and bottom edges. A classic description of the canals supported by 178 of De Mare’s widely acclaimed photographs. £5.95 Denney,
Martyn
London
&
South-East
England, Moorland,
1980,
pp124.
Historic
Waterways
Scenes.
Glazed
Boards.
Very
Good.
Spine
sunned.
A
pictorial
survey of
south-east
canals and
inland
waterways.
£4.95 Dodd,
Christopher
Boating,
Oxford
University
Press,
1983,
pp110.
Small
Oxford
Books.
Small
format Hb.
Very
Good in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
A
delightful
small book
of rowing
anecdotes.
£1.95 Edwards, Lewis A Inland Waterways of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Imray, Laurie, Norie & Wilson, 1950, pp440 with a large folding map of waterways. Foreword by Robert Aickman. Hb. VG in a Fair dust wrapper. Wear to the dust wrapper edges, particularly at the head and base of the spine. The first edition of the standard post-war directory to the waterways. £12.50 Edwards
L A
Holiday
Cruising
on the
Broads and
Fens,
D&C,
1972,
pp141 with
colour
frontis,
16 plates
and four
maps
including
Stanford's
Norfolk
Broads and
Rivers
Map.
Hb.
Very
Good+ in a
Very Good+
dust
wrapper.
£4.95 Fairfax, Bryan Walking London’s Waterways, D&C, 1985, pp172. Inscription. VG+ in a VG+ dust wrapper. Describes seventeen walks in the London area including details of access by public transport. £2.95 Faulkner, Alan The Grand
Junction Canal, D&C, 1972, pp240 with coloured frontis and 33
illustrations. David and Charles
Series of Inland Waterways Histories. Hb.
VG+/VG. £10.50 Gagg,
John
Canals
and
Waterways
Armchair
Book,
D&C,
1975,
pp144.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
"A
fascinating
feast of
information
on
Britain's
canals"
for the
reader to
dip into.
£3.95 Gagg, John Observers Canals, Penguin Books, 1996, pp192. With photographs by the author and drawings by Robert Wilson. Small format. Fine with glazed boards. A revised and updated reference guide in the Observers Series. £1.95 Gladwin
D D
An
Illustrated
History of
British
Waterways,
Spurbooks,
1977,
pp159.
Hb.
VG
in a VG-
dust
wrapper.
The
dust
wrapper
has been
internally
repaired
at the
head of
the spine.
A
comprehensive
history of
our
canals.
£3.95 Groves, Peter (editor) Waterside Walks in the Midlands, Meridian, 1990, pp106. Pb. VG+. Spine sunned. Members of the City of Birmingham Group of the Ramblers' Association describe twenty-two walks in the Birmingham area. Most of the walks are circular and all are accessible by public transport. £3.95 Hadfield,
Charles
The
Canals of
South and
South East
England,
D&C,
1969 pp393
with 32
illustrations.
The
Canals of
the
British
Isles
Series.
Hb.
VG+
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
A
considerably
extended
version of
The
Canals of
Southern
England,
published
in 1955. £24.50 Hadfield,
Charles
The
Canals of
The East
Midlands
(including
part of
London),
D&C,
2nd
edition
1970,
pp294 plus
pp16 of
illustrations.
The
Canals of
the
British
Isles
Series.
Hb.
VG
in a Near
VG dust
wrapper.
Tiny
tears to
the dust
wrapper at
the head
of the
spine.
£9.50 Hadfield, Charles and Biddle, Gordon The Canals of North West England Vol.2, D&C, 1970, pp241-496 with pp8 of illustrations. Hb. VG+/VG-. Presentation plate to a school library inside the front cover, and a pastedown inside the rear cover which indicates that the book was never issued. Slight wear to the dw edges. £10.50 Hadfield, Charles and Street, Michael Holiday Cruising on Inland Waterways, Pan Books, 1971, pp160. Card Covers. Very Good. David & Charles Series. £1.95 Hadfield, Charles Waterways Sights to See, D&C, 1976, pp144 with illustrations and plans by Richard Dean. Glazed Boards. VG. Sixty waterways locations well worth a visit, with detailed directions including OS map references. £2.95 Handford, Michael The Stroudwater Canal Vol.1 1729-63, Moonraker Press, 1976, pp93. Hb. VG. The cover has been protected by a clear adhesive covering. Presentation plate to a school library inside the front cover, and brown stain from a now-loose pastedown inside the rear cover which indicates that the book was never issued. The first volume of a three-volume history of one of Britain's earliest canal companies. £4.95 Hannaford, C.A. The Charm of the Norfolk Broads: Some notes with illustrations in colour and line, Hannaford, nd, pp16. Card Covers. Very Good. Includes reproductions of six of Hannaford’s watercolours. £0.95 Holland, Julian Canal Recollections: A Pictorial Record, Parkgate, 1st edition 1998, pp96. Pb. VG+. "Vividly portrays many aspects of life on Britain's canals from the late 19th century to 1960." £2.50 Household, Humphrey The Thames & Severn Canal, D&C, 1969, pp237 with 33 plates & 15 text illustrations. Colour frontis. Hb. VG+/VG. Presentation plate to a school library inside the front cover, and a pastedown inside the rear cover which indicates that the book was only issued twice. A thorough well-researched history. £9.50 Johnson, Guy Save the Stratford Canal, D&C, 1983, pp168. Fine in a VG dust wrapper. The struggle by enthusiasts to restore the Stratford canal. The historical impact of the restoration of the Stratford Canal cannot be overstated since it revolutionised attitudes to the future of British waterways. £4.95 Lead, Peter The Trent & Mersey Canal, Moorland, 1980, pp96. Historic Waterways Scenes. VG+ with glazed pictorial boards. A collection of illustrations with informative extended captions. £4.95 Liley, John Journeys of the Swan, A&U, 1971, pp192. VG+ in a VG dust wrapper. There are two small tears in the dust wrapper. A classic account of our canals and of journeys made on the narrow boat Swan in the 1960s. £9.50 Llewellyn, Sam The Worst Journey in the Midlands, Heinemann, 1983, pp191. Bound in green cloth with gold lettering. Hb. No dust wrapper. VG+. A humorous account of a journey by rowing boat from Welshpool to Westminster. £3.95 Maas,
Douglas Inland Waterways Boat
Listing, Inland Waterways Books, 1997, pp200. Pb. Fine.
New from the publisher. A
book listing the boats that cruise the inland waterways.
£4.95 Mackersey, Ian Tom Rolt
and the Cressy Years, M & M Baldwin, 1985, pp108 with 34 illustrations.
Inscription. Pb.
VG+. There is a minor
printing problem on page 70 & 71, although the text is perfectly readable on
both pages. Ian Mackersey explores
the personal work of Tom Rolt, and his entire involvement with canals, the
Inland Waterways Association, and with Cressy.
£16.50 Makepeace, Chris The Manchester Ship Canal, Hendon, 1983, pp48. Card Covers. Large landscape format. Very Good. There is a small wear mark on the cover from an old price sticker. A pictorial history with extended captions. £2.95 McKnight, H. Shell Book of Inland Waterways (Editorial adviser: Charles Hadfield), BCA/D&C, 1979, pp496. VG+ in a VG dust wrapper. A complete illustrated guide to Britain’s inland waterways, equally suited to the long-distance canal enthusiast, the day tripper, the towpath walker or the motorist intent on discovering some new and peaceful aspect of the countryside. £3.95 Nicholson's Guide to the Waterways 1 South East, British Waterways Board, pp160. No date. Pb. VG. Covers protected by clear adhesive covering, slight wear to the spine. Presentation plate to school library inside the front cover, & a pastedown inside the rear cover. The book was only issued once. £1.95 Nicholson's Guide to the Waterways 4 North East, British Waterways Board, pp144. No date. Pb. VG. Covers protected by clear adhesive covering. Presentation plate to school library inside the front cover. Also a pastedown inside the rear cover, although the book was never issued. £1.95 Nicholson's Guide to the Waterways 5 Midlands, British Waterways Board, pp160. No date. Pb. VG. Covers protected by clear adhesive covering. Presentation plate to school library inside the front cover. Also a pastedown inside the rear cover, although the book was never issued. £1.95 Nicholson's
Real Ale
Guide to
the
Waterways,
CAMRA,
pp160.
No
date.
Pb.
VG.
A
guide to
the pubs
serving
real ale
along our
canals.
£1.95 Owen,
David E
Water
Rallies,
J. M. Dent
&
Sons,
1969,
pp144.
Hb.
VG
in a VG-
dust
wrapper.
A
series of
canal
journeys,
often to
water
rallies,
on the Rose
of Sharon
and her
successor.
£3.95 Owen, David E Water Byways, D&C, 1973, pp192 with 8 plates and 2 maps. Very Good in a Very Good dust wrapper. Cruising on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal, the Stourbridge Canal, the Dudley Canal, the Coventry Arm, the Erewash Canal, the Grand Union Canal, the Old Grand Union, the river Nene, the rivers Lee & Stort, the river Weaver and on the Cheshire Ring. £3.95 Owen,
David
Exploring
England By
Canal,
D&C,
1986,
pp208.
Hb.
VG+
in a VG+
dust
wrapper.
The spine at
the top of
the
dust
wrapper is
slightly
rubbed.
The
history
and
engineering
features
of canals,
tips on
operating
locks,
negotiating
tunnels,
mooring
and merits
of hiring
or buying
boats plus
an
extensive
and varied
selection
of
cruising
routes.
£3.95 Pearce,
Rhoda M
Thomas
Telford,
Shire
Publications,
1980,
pp48.
Card
covers.
VG+.
An
illustrated
biography
of Thomas
Telford.
£0.95 Pearson, J M Pearson’s Canal Companion Cheshire Ring, J M Pearson & Son, 1987, pp48. Pb. Very Good. Includes Trent & Mersey, Bridgewater, Leeds & Liverpool (Leigh Branch), Rochdale, Peak Forest and Macclesfield Canals. An illustrated booklet with detailed maps. £0.95 Penfold, Alastair (editor) Thomas Telford: Engineer, Proceedings of a seminar held at Coalport China Works Museum, Ironbridge, Thomas Telford Ltd, 1980, pp181. Address label inside the covers. Hb. VG+/VG. Top corner of the covers slightly bumped, tiny wear mark on the dw fold. Includes the following academic papers on Telford's work: Thomas Telford in Shrewsbury, The Shrewsbury & Newport Canals: Construction & Remains, The Holyhead Road, Telford & the Design of a new London Bridge, Menai Bridge 1818-26: Evolution of Design, Telford & Steam Carriages, Managerial Organisation on the Caledonian Canal, and Telford's Highland Bridges. £6.95 Penfold, Alastair (editor) Thomas Telford: Engineer, Proceedings of a seminar held at Coalport China Works Museum, Ironbridge, Thomas Telford Ltd, 1980, pp181. Two inscriptions. Hb. No dust wrapper. VG. Includes the following academic papers on Telford's work: Thomas Telford in Shrewsbury, The Shrewsbury & Newport Canals: Construction & Remains, The Holyhead Road, Telford & the Design of a new London Bridge, Menai Bridge 1818-26: Evolution of Design, Telford & Steam Carriages, Managerial Organisation on the Caledonian Canal, and Telford's Highland Bridges. £3.95 Popplewell
L
The
Railways,
Canal and
Mines of
Looe and
Liskeard, Oakwood
Press,
1977, pp72
plus pp16
of
illustrations.
Oakwood
Library of
Railway
History
No.42.
Small
price
sticker on
the front
cover.
Pb.
VG-.
Generally
VG, but
there is a
circular
"coffee"
stain on
the front
cover.
£7.50 Pratt, Derek Discovering London’s Canals, Shire Publications, 1981, pp56. Pb. Fine. Suggestions for canalside walks in London. £0.95 Pratt, Frances Canal Architecture in Britain, British Waterways Board, 1976, pp40. Hb. Large format. No dust wrapper as published. VG+. The top of the spine is slightly bumped. An introduction to the fascinating buildings and structures of our waterways, illustrated in colour throughout. £4.95 Quinlan,
Ray Canal Walks of England and
Wales, BCA / Alan Sutton, 1994, pp182 + pp180 + pp182 with 120
black
&
white pictures
and 24 pages of colour illustrations. Hb.
Very Good+
in a Very
Good+ dust
wrapper.
Combines
three earlier books Canal Walks: North, Canal Walks: Midlands, and
Canal Walks: South. An
essential guide for anyone wishing to explore the canal network on foot.
£4.95 Ransom, P J G Waterways Restored, Faber & Faber, 1974, pp179. Hb. VG in a VG dust wrapper. Restoration projects, inspired by the post-war surge of interest in canals, involving no fewer than twenty-one canals. £3.95 Ransom P J G Your Book of Canals, Faber and Faber, 1977, pp80. Landscape format. Glazed Boards. Fine. An illustrated survey. £2.50 Rolt L T C Landscape
with Machines: An Autobiography, Longman, 2nd impression of 1st edition
1971, pp230 plus pp16 of illustrations. Inscription.
Hb. VG/VG; Landscape with Canals: An Autobiography, Allen Lane,
1987, pp188. Inscription.
Hb. VG/VG; Landscape with Figures: The Final Part of his Autobiography,
Alan Sutton, 1st edition 1992, pp188. Inscription.
Hb. Fine/Fine.
All three volumes of Tom Rolt’s autobiography: £48.50 Roulstone,
Alan and
Roulstone,
Michael
Fenland
Waterways:
A
Pictorial
Anthology,
Balfour,
1974,
pp96.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good in a
Fair+ dust
wrapper.
There
are
several
internally
repaired
tears to
the edges
of the
dust
wrapper.
Thirty
six of
Alan
Roulstone's
delightful
watercolours
with
supporting
text by
his son
Michael.
£3.95 Russell,
Ronald
Waterside
Pubs,
D&C,
1974,
pp176 with
20 plates.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good+ in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
Ideal
for
locating
canalside
hostelries.
£3.95 Russell, Ronald (Editor)
Walking Canals, D&C, 1984, pp160.
Glazed Boards. VG+. Describes a wide variety of walks along 16 different canals in England and
Wales. £3.95 St Davids, Viscount The Watney Book of Inland Cruising, The Queen Anne, 1966, pp94. Pb. VG. A useful introduction for anyone contemplating their first canal cruise. £1.95 Smith,
Peter Yorkshire Waterways,
Dalesman, 1978, pp72. Pb. VG- with superficial wear to the covers.
An illustrated survey of Yorkshire's canals and navigable rivers.
£2.95 Smith, Peter L A Pictorial History of Canal Craft, Batsford, 1984, pp135 with 120 illustrations. "Largish" format Hb. Fine/Fine. An illustrated survey of the distinctive craft used in different regions of the country, from the Yorkshire keel to the East Anglian wherry. £4.95 Smith, Peter L The Aire & Calder Navigation, Wakefield Historical Publications, 1987, pp112. Pb. VG+. An illustrated history. £4.50 Snoxell
F H
Holidays
in Boats,
Temple
Press,
1956,
pp171.
No
dust
wrapper. Hard
Cover.
Very
Good.
"The
essential
guide for
anyone who
wishes to
enjoy a
holiday
afloat."
Includes
examples
of cruises
on the
broads, on
the
Thames,
through
Swedish
Fjords and
in the
Netherlands.
£2.95 Squires, Roger W Canals Revived, Moonraker, 1979, pp185. Hb. Fine/VG+. The story of the Inland Waterways Association and waterways restoration since the war. £4.95 Squires R W The New Navvies: A History of the Modern Waterways Restoration Movement, Phillimore, 1983, pp189. Hb. VG+/VG+. £4.95 Stevens, Philip A The Leicester Line: A History of the Old Union and Grand Union Canals, D&C, 1972, pp216, colour frontis, 17 plates, and 6 text illustrations. Hb. VG+/VG. Presentation plate to a school library inside the front cover, and a pastedown inside the rear cover which indicates that the book was never issued. Spine of dw sunned. £7.50 Stevenson, Peter The Nutbrook Canal Derbyshire, D&C, 1970 pp159 with colour frontis & 15 illustrations. Inland Waterways Histories Series edited by Charles Hadfield. Hb. VG+/VG. Presentation plate to a school library inside the front cover, and a brown glue stain from a now-absent pastedown plus a bar code inside the rear cover. Slight wear to the dw at the head & base of the spine. £5.95 St Davids, Viscount The Watney Book of Inland Cruising, Queen Anne Press, 1966, pp94. Pb. VG. A useful introduction for those contemplating their first canal cruise. £1.95 Vince,
John
Canals
&
Canal
Architecture:
Shire
Album 3,
Shire
Publications,
1976,
pp32.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good+.
A
well-illustrated
booklet.
£0.95 Vine
P A L
London's
Lost Route
to the
Sea, An
historical
account of
the inland
navigations
which
linked the
Thames to
the
English
Channel,
D&C,
4th
edition
1986,
pp278 with
71 plates,
64 line
figures
& 16
maps.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good+ in a
Very Good+
dust
wrapper.
There
is a very
slight
crease at
the bottom
of the
dust
wrapper.
Canals
of the
British
Isles
Series
edited by
Charles
Hadfield.
£9.50 Ware, Michael E Britain’s Lost Waterways Volume 2: Navigations to the Sea, Moorland, 1979, pp138. Glazed pictorial boards. Very Good+. The second volume of a comprehensive pictorial survey of abandoned canals - in 1979 this included the Kennet and Avon. £5.95 Waterway World Guides
A series of detailed towpath guides in spiral binders edited by Robert Shopland and published by Waterways Productions. Coventry Ashby and Oxford (N) Canals, 1981, pp48. Fine. £1.95 Leicester Section G.U., River Soar & Erewash Canal, 1983, pp64. F. £1.95 Oxford Canal (South), 1981, pp32. Fine. £1.95 Trent and Mersey (North) and Caldon Canal, 1982, pp52. Fine. £1.95 Trent and Mersey (South) and Caldon Canal,
1981, pp48. Fine. £1.95 ------------------------ Webb, Mike Shroppie Boats, Pearson, 1985, pp36. Card Covers. Very Good+. A nostalgic album of the last years of commercial traffic on the Shropshire Union Canal. £2.95 Westlake,
Roy J
Britain's
Holiday
Waterways
- A
Pictorial
Tour,
Bradford
Barton,
1975,
pp96.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
A
high-quality
Bradford
Barton
album.
£3.95 Wheat, G On the Duke’s Cut, Transport Publishing Company, 1977, pp32 plus 10pp of black and white photos and a mileage chart of the Bridgewater Canal. Card covers. VG. A well-produced booklet on the Bridgewater canal. £1.95 Williams, Howard The Diary of a Rowing Tour from Oxford to London in 1875 (via Warwick, Gloucester, Hereford and Bristol), Alan Sutton, 1982, pp166. Card Covers. Very Good. £2.95 |
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