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THE LEEDS & LIVERPOOL CANAL: A HISTORY AND GUIDE
Written by Mike Clarke.
Stock no. 1827642
Published by Carnegie Publishing Ltd.. 1st 1990. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Illustrated history of England's longest and most successful inland waterway. Dark green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and maps. ISBN: 0948789409. Text block lightly browned with some foxing. Else a clean copy. Green pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed. There is a slight musty odour present.

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THE CANALS OF NORTH WEST ENGLAND VOLUME II
Written by Charles Hadfield; Gordon Biddle.
Stock no. 1827602
Published by David & Charles. 1st 1970. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Canals of the British Isles series. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0715349929. Boards nice and bright. Top edge of text block has some foxing. Minor browning to endpapers else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned.

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THE CANALS OF YORKSHIRE AND NORTH EAST ENGLAND VOLUME II
Written by Charles Hadfield.
Stock no. 1827542
Published by David & Charles. 1st 1973. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Canals of the British Isles Series. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos & maps. ISBN: 0715359754. Foxing to top edge of text block else a lovely copy. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned to rear panel.

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THE CANALS OF NORTH WEST ENGLAND VOLUME I
Written by Charles Hadfield.
Stock no. 1827539
Published by David & Charles. 1st 1970. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0715349562. Minor foxing to top edge of text block else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned with a few minor marks to rear panel.

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THE CANALS OF YORKSHIRE AND NORTH EAST ENGLAND VOLUME I
Written by Charles Hadfield.
Stock no. 1827487
Published by David & Charles. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Canals of the British Isles Series. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0715357190. Foxing to top edge of text block else a lovely copy. Blue pictorial dustwrapper has partially removed publisher's price label to front flap else very clean.

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THE NAVVY IN SCOTLAND
Written by James E. Handley.
Stock no. 1827486
Published by Cork University Press. 1st 1970. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A detailed account of the work of the navvies in nineteenth century Scotland, covering such aspects as recruitment, the nature of the labour, the wages for the job, the conditions they had to endure, and so much more. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Light shelf-wear to base of spine. Light foxing to top edge of text block. Endpapers browned. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is lightly browned.

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WATERWAYS OF THE WORLD
Written by W.J. Bassett-Lowke. Illustrated by Laurence Dunn.
Stock no. 1324311
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. Circa 1944. Almost very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 32. Pictorial paper wraps. Colour and b/w illustrations. Foxing to covers, textblock and first few/last few pages.

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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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THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF CANALS
Written by John Gagg. Illustrated by Robert Wilson.
Stock no. 2140428
Published by Frederick Warne (Publishers) Ltd.. 1st 1982. Very good condition.

Observers Series No. 95. Laminate boards. With photographs and drawings. ISBN: 0723216258. Title to spine is faded. Covers are browned. Light foxing and browning to endpapers and outer page edges.

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BENJAMIN OUTRAM 1764-1805: AN ENGINEERING BIOGRAPHY
Written by R.B. Schofield.
Stock no. 1823411
Published by Merton Priory Press. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Biography of an engineer. B/w photos. Outram worked on canals and railways as well as establishing an iron company. ISBN: 1898937427. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine and front edge of spine.

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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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