HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Imp: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1995* Publisher: Tiger Books Intnl.* Binding and cover condition: Laminated colour photo-illustrated boards, white title to spine with black & yellow title to face. No bumps or rubs, absolutely minimal shelf wear. FINE* Jacket condition: Matching colour photo-illustrated dust wrapper. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of £17.99. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to top & bottom edges and to head & tail of spine. VG++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, the slightest marks to a very few pages within text, no tanning, edge marks or other visible faults. VG* Illustrations: Colour & b/w photos, prints and line drawings throughout.* Pages: 221 pp. text. v pp. reading list, index & blank pages at rear.* Description: The canals which we travel for pleasure today were actually built for work and industry ? in The Great Days of The Canals the author takes you on a nostalgic journey through the past and present and reveals details of the future of Britain?s canals. It is fully illustrated using historical material and a number of photographs especially taken for this book. Much of the material has never appeared in print before and includes a number of genuine interviews with boating families.* A NEAR FINE copy of the 1st. Thus with minimal faults reducing it to VG.*

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Bookseller: Cocksparrow Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1431
Title: The Great Days of the Canals
Author: Burton, Anthony
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - VG++/F/VG++
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st. Edn. Thus, 1st. Imp. FNL.
ISBN 10: 1855016958
ISBN 13: 9781855016958
Publisher: Tiger Books
Place of Publication: Twickenham, uk 226
Date Published: 1995-12-01
Size: 28.2 x 22.6 x 2.2 cm

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