Robert H Scott

Weather Charts and Storm Warnings

London, Longmans, Green and Co, 1887. Cloth. A third edition work on weather and storm prediction. With three plates, and numerous figures in the text. With publisher's advertisements to the rear. An interesting work and informative work. In the original cloth binding. Externally, very smart with just some light rubbing to the extremities. Ink signature to front blank. internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with just some spotting to the first few pages. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

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Boeknummer: GEN24-D-1

Catalogus: Navigation

Trefwoorden: Weather Storm Navigation Weather Patterns Storm None

Fred S. Thacker

The Thames Highway

Newton Abbot , David & Charles , 1968. Cloth. Complete collection of two volumes concerning the navigation of the Thames by Fred S. Thacker. Fred S. Thacker's standard history of the navigation of the Thames complete in two volumes. New impressions of this work with new introductions by Charles Hadfield and Lionel Munk, first thus. A photolithographic reprint from the original text of 1914-20. Two volumes: General History, dealing with water carriage on the river from pre-Conquest days to the beginning of the twentieth century; and Locks and Weirs starting at the Thames Head through to its bridges, weirs, locks, and inn of his time. Illustrated with black and white plates.  In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally lovely with minor shelf wear only. Dust wrapper unclipped and smart with only minor shelf wear, light sunning to spine vol. II. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Fine/Very Good Indeed.

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Boeknummer: 824A43

Catalogus: Navigation

Trefwoorden: thames navigation first editions navigation Not Stated

Richard Whitworth

The Advantages of Inland Navigation or Some Observations Offered to the Public to Shew That an Inland Navigation May Be Easily Effected between the Three Great Ports of Bristol, Liverpool and Hull

London, R Baldwin, 1766. First edition. Leather. A very scarce, first edition copy of this work on inland navigation by noted British politician Richard Whitworth. Illustrated, with a folding portrait frontispiece of the author and four folding tables. With the errata to the rear. Collated, this copy has been bound without the folding map. ESTC reference no: T138831. With the signatures: [2], B-E8, F4, G1. Richard Whitworth was a strong advocate of inland navigation and this work promotes this theory. He discusses inland navigation in England between Bristol, Liverpool and Hull. He discusses the plans for this, the cost, as well as the benefits. A smart copy of this extremely scarce work. In a near contemporary full calf binding. Externally, generally smart with slight rubbing to the joints and to the extremities. Front hinge is strained but firm. Small loss to the head and tail of spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright. A few chips to the extremities of endpapers. Several tide marks to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright. Occasional scattered spots, heavier to the first and last few pages. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 678L4

Catalogus: Navigation

Trefwoorden: Navigation Inland Navigation Whitworth Barges Inland Navigation Freight Not Stated