Author: HILLIER John
Title: Ebb-Tide at Poole 1815-1851.
Description: Poole Historical Trust, [Poole,, 1985]. 4to., First Edition, on laid paper, text and graphics in sepia throughout, with numerous photographs and facsimiles in the text; and pictorial endpapers; cloth gilt, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Due to international competition the price of fish fell sharply in the years following the Napoleonic Wars This well-presented account tells how the once-prosperous town was reduced (temporarily) to near-bankruptcy as a result. Uncommon due to short print-run.

Keywords: topography, dorsetshire, dorset, poole, fisheries, john hillier, topography, dorsetshire, ebb-tide, poole, 1815-1851


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