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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. Groundwater, Ken Newcastle and the River Tyne, SLP, 1998, pp128. First published in 1990. This is the enlarged edition of enlarged edition 1998. Pb. Fine. A nostalgic photographic odyssey down the river Tyne. £3.95 McArthur, Wilson The River Windrush, Cassell, 1946, pp205 with 46 illustrations. Cassell’s river series. Inscription. Fair/Fair. Some loss of colour around the edges of the covers, slight foxing to the page edges. Wear & small tears to the dw at the head of the spine. £3.95 McArthur, Wilson The River Fowey, Cassell, 1948, pp180 with 54 illustrations. Cassell’s river series. VG/VG-. Dw worn at the top of the spine. The story of one of Cornwall’s best loved rivers. £5.95 McArthur, Wilson The River Conway, Cassell, 1952, pp142 with 55 illustrations by the author. Cassell's River Series. Hb. VG/Fair. A tribute to one of the most beautiful rivers in Wales. £4.95 Manning-Sanders, Ruth The River Dart, Westaway Books, 1951, pp150. Dw internally repaired at the corners and at the head & foot of the spine. The first full-length book on the Dart which rises on Dartmoor before flowing through the lowlands of Devon to the sea. £4.95 Russell, Ronald Rivers, BCA/D&C, 1979, p208. Hb. VG/VG. Examines the many facets of our rivers from the craft on them to their crossings by fords, ferries and bridges. £3.95 Stephens, Wilson The Kennet, Muller, Blond & White, 1985, pp47. With illustrations by Gabriel White. Rivers of Britain Series. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust wrapper. A useful introduction by a former editor of The Field. £1.95 Wood, G Bernard Ferries
and Ferrymen, Cassell, 1969, pp162 plus pp24 of illustrations.
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wrapper. A survey of the many
river, strait and short sea crossings that were once a major part of the British
transport scene. £4.95
Ball, E. and Ball, P W Holiday Cruising on The Thames, D&C, 1970, pp149. VG+/VG. Includes colour frontis, 32 b/w plates and Stanford’s Map of the River Thames (1.5 inch to the mile) inside rear cover. Practical information on cruising combined with contemporary and historical information on the Thames. £3.95 Belloc, Hilaire The River of London, T. N. Foulis, 1912, pp145. VG-. Minor wear to the covers, but generally in excellent condition with a number of the pages uncut. With sixteen tipped-in colour plates reproduced from the oil paintings of John Muirhead. Contains: The Approach up river; London, the first crossing of the Thames; London, the Port of the Thames; London & the lower Thames in warfare. £24.50 Cracknell, Basil E. Portrait of London River: The Thames from Teddington to the Sea, Hale, 2nd edition, 1980, pp208 plus 36 illustrations. VG+/VG+. A study of the Thames within London, of the port of London, and of the Thames Estuary. £6.95 De Mare, Eric London’s River: The Story of a City, Bodley Head, 1964, pp127. No dw. VG+ with attractive gold lettering on spine. London through the ages as viewed from the Thames. For young people. £3.50 Metcalfe, Leon Discovering the Thames, Shire Publications, 1981, pp56 including pp16 of illustrations. Pb. VG+. A guide to the river from Thames Head to Teddington lock. £1.25 Munk, L.R. The Thames: An Eating, Drinking and Cruising Guide, Batsford, 1967, pp128. Fine/Fair. Wear to the dw at the top corners and at the head & base of the spine. Covers the whole jurisdiction of the Thames Conservatory from Lechlade to Richmond. £3.50 Robertson, E Arnot Thames Portrait, Ivor Nicholson & Watson, 1937, pp174 with 50 full-page illustrations by H E Turner. In good condition for age, G+/G+. A classic pre-war look at the Thames. £8.50 Ryan E K W The Thames from the Towpath: An account of an expedition on foot from Putney to Thames Head, St Catherine Press, 1938, pp260. Hb. VG in a VG dust wrapper. Slight foxing to the page edges and the early pages, some small tears to the dust wrapper. £12.50 Shrapnel, Norman A View of the Thames, Collins, 1977, pp253 with line drawings by George Murray. Hb. VG/VG. A layman's look at the Thames from Teddington to the sea. £3.95 Simper, Robert Thames Tideway, Creekside Publications, 1997, pp96. English Estuaries Series: Vol.6. Large format in glazed pictorial boards. VG. A photographic survey with the following sections: Below London, Dockland Tideway, and Up Through. £4.95 Stephens, Wilson The Thames, Muller, Blond & White, 1986, pp47. With illustrations by Gabriel White. Rivers of Britain Series. VG+ in a VG+ dust wrapper. A brief portrayal by a former editor of The Field. £1.95 Thames Conservancy, Launch Digest, 1971, pp40. Pb. Very Good. A useful small booklet giving advice and information to people who use a motor launch on the upper Thames, the part of the river within the Conservator’s jurisdiction. £0.95 Wykes, Alan An Eye on the Thames, Jarrolds, 1966, pp224. VG in a VG dust wrapper. An informative anthology about the Thames from its geology and pollution to historical vignettes. £4.95
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