WORCESTER: A POLICY FOR RIVER AND CANAL. Prepared under the direction of J. Roy McKee, City Architect and Planning Officer.

McKEE, J. Roy

Published by Worcester, 1970

About this Item

20x33cm, landscape format. Soft cover, staple bound. Detailed report and proposals on the improvement and recreational development of the riverside and canalside (arising out of previous report "Recreation in Worcester", and prepared for inclusion in the Development Plan Review); with appendix "Ideas and Suggestions for Improvement to the Canalside through the City of Worcester" by a Sub-Committee of the Worcester-Birmingham Canal Society. Printed on rectos only throughout. With 67 numbered leaves including 10 plans of which two folding, 5 tables, and 7 leaves of captioned monochrome photographic illustrations (two per leaf); plus 3 preliminary leaves comprising Preface and Contents, 8 leaves of section titles, and one full-side monochrome photographic illustration. Narrow tan dampstain along 7cm of upper edge of first leaf (Preface), tan splash-stain of height up to 1cm along 7cm of lower edge of leaf numbered 3, and faint tan stain at lower inner corners of leaves numbered 33-38 & 58-67; in all cases no print affected. Two tables and all plans variably toned towards edges, photographic leaves faintly so. Card wrappers; front (doubling as title-page) titled beneath panoramic photographic view, rear blank and of thicker & stiffer card. Front wrapper lightly toned, with closed tear of length less than 1cm and associated short creases at lower edge; rear rubbed and moderately soiled, bumped at upper edge and lightly so at lower edge. Binding staples rusted, negligible spread of rust pigment. Edges of text-block a little dust-marked. Generally clean and tight. GOOD+ copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: WORCESTER: A POLICY FOR RIVER AND CANAL. Prepared under the direction of J. Roy McKee, City Architect and Planning Officer.
• Publisher: Worcester
• Publication Date: 1970
• Binding: Soft cover