Fred Thacker (46 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Reprint. Green binding with gold colored print on spine. Previous owner name stamped in script on front flyleaf. Otherwise tight , sound and unmarked. 295 pages including index. Dust jacket has light waterstain on foresge of front panelLight wear along upper rear pane…

Condition: Good. 1914. No edition remarks. 295 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are mildly tanned with visible foxing. Notable cracking to gutters. Pencil inscription to front pastedown and endpaper. Endpapers are mildly loose. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushin…

Condition: Fair. 1914. No Edition Remarks. 295 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Black and white illustrated frontispiece. Binding is shaky, pages slightly loose. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscriptions to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning…

hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. hardback, octavo, green cloth lettered brown to spine, fore and bottom edges rough-trimmed, a very good tightly bound copy in a pictorial dust wrapper that has considerable loss at head & is now protected in a non-adhesive archival film sleeve, tipped-in b…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Presumed 1st ed. 525pp. Illus plates & maps. Ex ref. lib. with minimal vandalism - labels on ffep & back paste & a cancellation stamp on ffep. Occasional yellowing & creasing but generally a G. sound copy internally. Boards sl rubbed & bumped but again very sound. A very detailed history…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. 387pp. Green cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Bumped spine ends, cloth torn. Bumped corners, cloth wearing. Top text block edge dusty, remaining edges untrimmed. Map endpapers. Previous owner's name on front paste down. Internally neat, clean,…

Condition: Fair. 1909. 495 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Rough cut pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with creased corners and foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildl…

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. 1st thus 1968. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper. The story of water carriage on the river from pre-Conquest days to the beginning of the 20th century. First published in 1914, this edition has a new introduction by Charles Hadfield. Gre…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. New Imp. Vol.1: New impression. 295pp. Illus. Zwemmer bookmark. Initials 'F.C' blind-stamped on front board lower corner and ditto dustwrapper. Vertical full-length gum stain [narrow] to both endpapers, wrapper in protective sleeve. Vol.2: Locks & Weirs, New Imp. Wrapper[…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. Blue cloth over boards and spine. Gold lettering on cover and spine. Library catalog number written with a white marker at foot of spine. Boards are generally clean and unmarked, but have some wear to the ends of the spine and around corners. Title page dated 1920. 525 pages. In very g…

Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book dives into the centuries-long battle over control of the River Thames, tracing the history of navigation above the tidal reaches. The author explores the intricate web of relationships between the riparian owners, their mills, and fisheries, the bargemasters seeking free pass…