Search Results: TRANSPORTATION - Navigation Books

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1974. Hardcover. 8vo. Red cloth, pictorial dust jacket. x, 214pp. Numerous illustrations. Near fine/near fine. Just a book club edition of this handy how-to, but tight and attractive.

Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1975. Hb, 224 pp, b/w illustrations. Good+ clean copy in Good+ dj with only marginal edgewear. Introductory guide, ideal for family sailors, which covers boat handling, basic navigation, harbour lore, safety afloat, the boat and the crew. . Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Railway & Canal Historical Society, 1991. Pb, 100pp, b/w illustrations. Good, last page has a few speckles. Discusses the movement of British troops by canal between 1798 to 1844, with special mention of activities on the Royal Military Canal in Kent during Napoleonic times.. Soft Cover. Good.

Ashbourne: Moorland, 1980. Hb, laminated pictorial covers, no dj, 96pp, b/w illustrations. Good, small chip on back cover, clean contents. Pictorial history with numerous photographs. Contents : The canal promoters; The Main Line; Newcastle canal & Gresley's canal; The Caldon canal.. Hard Cover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Oakham: Railway & Canal Historical Society, 1985. Pb, 80pp, b/w ullustrations. Good, corner dent, sunned spine. Contents : The Warwick & Birmingham canal; The Warwick & Napton canal; Growing up together; The Birmingham & Warwick Junction canal; Recovery and takeover; The Grand Union days; Trade and traders; A brief tour of the Warwick canals.. Soft Cover.

Pershore, Worcestshire: Lower Avon Navigation Trust, 1966. Pb booklet, stapled pictorial wraps, 48pp. Fair+. Contents clean but back cover has a stain on it and staples beginning to rust. Includes maps, navigation notes and rather alot of advertisements.. Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Newton Abbott: David & Charles, 1984. Hb, pictorial covers, no dj, 160pp, b/w illustrations. Good+, light wear, clean contents. Description of walking routes along various British canals with points of interest, anecdotes and what to look for. The majority are between 4 to 12 miles but there are also several longer walks along the Kennet & Avon, Leeds & Liverpool, and the Montogomeryshire. . Hard Cover. Good.

Ashbourne: Moorland, 1979. Hb, laminated pictorial covers, no dj, 142pp. VG, clean contents, slightly sunned spine. Pictorial history of Britain's inland canals and navigations with many early photographs.. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: Imray, Laurie, Norie & Wilson, 1950. Hb, black boards, no dj, xvi + 440pp. Fair. Frontispiece slack. Previous owner's inscription on inside front cover and occasional marks on inside covers but contents/text clean. Provides information on all navigable canals and rivers in Britain at the time (distance, maximum craft dimensions, locks, bridges, tunnels, speed limit etc.). Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Stroud: Alan Sutton, 1994. Pb, 128pp, b/w illustrations. Good, clean contents, only slight cover wear. Collection of scenes of the Avon valley including riverside communities and visitors, many from postcards taken in the early 20th century.. Soft Cover.

Tobermory, Canada: The Mariner Chart Shop, 1976. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff blue wrappers. 83pp. Illustrations, line drawings, partly-colored maps. Very good. Faint wear to outer wrappers (only), else internally fine. Enlarged second edition of a title first published at 50 pages in 1974. Incredibly useful guide to the many shipwrecks in the Georgian Bay area of Lake Huron.

Newton Abbott: David & Charles, 1968. Hb, 233pp, colour frontis, b/w illustrations, maps. Good with clean contents in Fair dj which is scuffed and edgeworn. History of the canal age (approximately 1760 to 1850) : the canals themselves, the people and companies who planned, built and operated them, the boats and their loads, and what the Canal Age meant to Britain and also to Europe and North America.. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Batsford, 1984. Hb, 135pp, b/w illustrations. Good+ with clean contents in VG dj, a few light speckles along top edge of text block. Historical survey of the various types of vessels on Britain's inland waterways, with chapters dedicated to geographical areas ( North east, South West, East Anglia etc.) as well as types of craft ( tugs, narrowboats, containers etc.). With numerous photos and drawings.. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good.

London: Batsford, 1976. Hb, 240pp, b/w illustrations. Good+ with clean contents in a Good+, price-clipped dj. Social history of Britain's inland waterways, examining the living and working conditions of boatmen, contractors, navvies, clerical officials and wealthy shareholders as well as the impact of events, from the 18th century to the 1970s.. Hard Cover. Good/Good.

Newton Abbott: David & Charles, 1991. Hb, 144pp, b/w and colourillustrations. Good with clean contents in a Good+, price-clipped dj. Scuff on inside front cover. Contents : The boats and the boatmen; " Roses and castles" - origins; Diamonds, designs and derivations; " Van-Dyking" and the painters; BCN boats and their paintwork. . Hard Cover. Good/Good.

Heinemann, 1983. 191pp, illus, original hardback edition in excellent condition but without the jacket. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

London: Batsford, 1983. Hb, 144pp, b/w illustrations. Good+ in a Good+ dj. Ex-libris sticker on inside front cover but otherwise very good and clean. Pictorial essay on Britain's inland waterways, with over 200 photos and drawings. Contents : Basics; The broad canvas; Architectural gems; Locks; Bridges; Boats; Maintenance.. Hard Cover. Good/Good.

London: Batsford, 1987. Hb, unnumbered pages, b/w photos. Good+ with clean contents in a Good+, price-clipped dj which has a sunned spine. Includes 100 photographs with informative captions plus an introduction and glossary.. Hard Cover. Good/Good.

Newton Abbott: David & Charles, 1968. Hb, 206pp, colour frontis, b/w illustrations, maps. The Contents section is loose, the rest of the book is in good condition. Dj rather scuffed along spine and corners. Navigation history from the canal's building, the absorption of the two associated river navigations, to the Avon & Gloucestershire Railway, ownership by the Great Western Railway and then its existence under the British Transport commission.. Hard Cover. Fair/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Adam & Charles Black, 1948. Hb, green cloth covers, no dj, 232pp, b/w frontispiece and illustrations. Good. Light occasional foxing but contents otherwise clean. Back cover corner slightly scuffed. Contents: Early history of the canoe; The dug out canoe; The Canadian canoe; The folding canoe; Methods of propulsion; Canals and navigations; Rapids and rough water work; Camping; Sea canoeing; Across the Channel in a folding canoe; Some canoeable rivers in England, Wales & Scotland; Canoe associations at home and abroad; Canoe racing.. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.