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NARROW BOATS: OWNERSHIP, CARE AND MAINTENANCE
Written by Michael Stimpson.
Stock no. 1327954
Published by The Crowood Press. 1st 2019. Slightly better than very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. 160 pages. Colour photos. ISBN: 9781785005510. Slight rubbing to spine and corners.

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RESCUED FROM OBSCURITY: THE CONTINUING STORY OF THE HEREFORD & GLOUCESTER CANAL
Written by Richard Skeet.
Stock no. 1327791
Published by The Herefordshire And Gloucestershire Canal Trust. 1st 2014. Nearly fine condition.

The story of the building and operation of the canal and also how the canal trust set about the enormous task of restoring the 34 miles of this historic canal, reconnecting two ancient Cathedral Cities. Cardwraps. 200 pages. Colour photos. ISBN: 9780992944100. Minimal rubbing to corners of covers.

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THE THAMES & SEVERN CANAL
Written by Humphrey Household.
Stock no. 1327790
Published by Amberley Publishing. 1st thus 2009. Nearly fine condition.

Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781848680357. Minimal rubbing to corners of covers.

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RIVER CARPING
Written by Neil Wayte; et al.
Stock no. 1327504
Published by The Crowood Press. 2010. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Experience river carp anglers pass on their knowledge of their local running water venues. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 175 pages. B/w and colour photos. ISBN: 9781861263780. Minimal bumping to spine. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed.

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BRECKNOCK & ABERGAVENNY AND MONMOUTHSHIRE CANALS
Written by R. Alan Stevens.
Stock no. 1327155
Published by Goose and Son. 1st 1974. Good condition.

Green card wraps. B/w photos. Towpath Guide No. 2. ISBN: 0900404264. Covers are edge rubbed. Tiny patch of surface paper damage to front cover. Spine is marked. "History Dept" written in biro to inside front cover. Page browning and foxing throughout else contents clean.

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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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