Canals from Attic Books

Boston: Wright & Potter, Printers, 1870. Booklet. Fair. 36 p. 24 cm. Paper covers wrapped in mylar. Some chips and soiling to the exterior. Paper browned with chipped corners. Faint ink stamp at top of title.

Amsterdam: Houseboat Museum, 2014. Softcover. Fine. 28 p. in each direction, English and Dutch. 28 cm. Colour illustrations. Staplebound softcover. Signed by Vincent Van Loon, Houseboat Museum Founder, on p. 1 of English side.

London: The Inland Shipping Group, 1975. Softcover. Near fine. 77 p. 30 cm. 35 tables and b&w illustrations. Staplebound booklet. Former owner's label on first leaf.

Leighton Buzzard, Beds.: The Wyvern Shipping Co, 1975. Booklet. Good. 20 p. 21 cm. B&w photos and boat diagrams. Staplebound booklet. Light wear. Former owner's label on first page. Some ink signatures and notations. Tucked inside is a 1975 receipt, flyers showing new boats and prices for 1976, company hire plan for 1976. Family operated company since… Read more

Ancon, Canal Zone: The Canal Record, 1908. Vol. I No. 45, July 8, 1908. Very good. Pages 354 to 360. 33 cm. Unfolds to reveal additional pages. Includes blueprint diagram of a typical cross section of the canal widened by the Americans. Horizontal crease. Small tears. Published weekly under the authority and superivsion of the Isthmian Canal… Read more

Environment Canada; Canadian Parks Service, April 1988. Staplebound. Very good +. 24 p. 28 cm. B&w illustrations. Staplebound softcover. Former owner's label on first page. Outlines Environment Canada's policies for managing the Rideau Canal, including water management, management of crown land, recreation and tourism, natural environment, historical environment.

New York: Nathan Lane's Sons, 1887. Booklet. Fair. [10 p.]. 27 cm. Staplebound booklet. Ex library with ink notations and stamps. Vertical crease, tear in spine ends. Former owner's label on first page.

Philadelphia: Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association, 1929. Near fine. One 28 cm broadside. Three horizontal creases. New York-up-Hudson Convention, Sept. 23-27, 1929.

1984. Proc. Instn Civ. Engrs, Part I, 1984, 76, Aug., 601-613. Booklet. Very good. Vernon-Harcourt Lecture 1984. Lecture given on 10 January 1984 at the Institution of Civil Engineers, London. Pages 601-613. 22 cm. Pages in stapled green paper folder. Inscribed by Mark Baldwin on first page. Former owner's label on first page also.

Port Robinson, ON: Jean Pritchard Publications, 1975. Revised Edition. Booklet. Near fine. 28 p. 22 cm. B&w illustrations. Staplebound booklet. Former owner's label on front page.

Stoke-on-Trent: The Caldon Canal Society, 1972. Booklet. Good +. [12 p.]. 22 cm. One map. B&w illustrations. Staplebound booklet. Former owner's label on first page. Some stains in bottom margins.

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1960. Reprint. Hardcover. Very good +/Good. xiv, 249 p. 24 cm. B&w illustrations. Maps on endpapers. Brown cloth in mylar-covered pictorial dustjacket. Small chips and tears to jacket edges. Signed by the author on title page. Topics: why the canal was built; building the canal; financial worries; John By; cruising the canal… Read more

Philadelphia: The Association, 1912. Vol. V. No. 1, December 1912. Booklet. Good. 24 p. 23 cm. B&w maps. Staplebound paper covers. Some small chips and tears to edges, as well as soiling to covers. Former owner's label on first page. Occasional spots within but overall paper very clean. Board of Directors of the Association on rear cover. … Read more

Ottawa, 2009. Booklet. Near fine. Extracts from The Oxford Encyclopaedia of Canadian History by Lawrence J. Burpee. 10 unnumbered copies of this edition have been produced, of which five copies are for presentation to "that matchless collector of material on inland waterways, William D. Jenkins" and five copies retained by the compiler. 40 p. 22 cm. Staplebound booklet.… Read more

New York: Wm. A. Wheeler, Jr., 1885. Booklet. Fair. [10 p.]. 27 cm. Staplebound booklet. Vertical crease has tears at each end. Chipped spine ends, some soiling. Former owner's label on first page.

New York: Nathan Lane's Sons, 1892. Booklet. Fair. [11 p.]. 27 cm. Staplebound booklet. Ex library with ink notations and stamps. Vertical crease and small chips. Former owner's label on first page.

New York: Nathan Lane's Sons, 1890. Booklet. Fair. [10 p.]. 27 cm. Staplebound booklet. Ex library with ink notations and stamps. Vertical crease, small chips. Former owner's label on first page.

New York: Nathan Lane's Sons, 1898. Booklet. Fair. [11 p.]. 27 cm. Staplebound booklet. Ex library with ink notations and stamps. Vertical crease. Former owner's label on first page.

New York: Nathan Lane's Sons, 1899. Booklet. Fair. [11 p.]. 27 cm. Staplebound booklet. Ex library with ink notations and stamps. Vertical crease, tear in bottom front. Former owner's label on first page.

New York: Nathan Lane's Sons, 1897. Booklet. Fair. [9 p.]. 27 cm. Staplebound booklet. Ex library with ink notations and stamps. Vertical crease, discolouration. Former owner's label on first page.