Canals and traders : the argument pictorial as applied to the report of the Royal commission on canals and waterways / By Edwin A. Pratt
1910, First Edition. London : P. S. King & Son. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Missing ffep.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 123 pages; Physical desc. : xi,123 p : folding frontis. (map), plates, diagrs. (1 fold. ) ; 22 cm. Subjects: Great Britain. Royal commission on canals and waterways. Canals - Great Britain. Inland navigation - Great Britain. Contents: Introductory. --General conditions. --Continental conditions. --The canal improvement scheme. --The position in the Midlands. --Questions of principle and policy. --Ulterior motives. --Summary and recommendations. --Appendix. "Nine maps and diagrams, 43 photographs" --title page. Item #180355
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