Language: English
Published by The Canal Press and Shepperton Swan / Coal Publications Pty Ltd, Houghton, Tranvaal SA / Shepperton Middlesex, 1981
ISBN 10: 0906986060 ISBN 13: 9780906986066
Seller: The Print Room, Cockernhoe nr Luton, United Kingdom
First Edition Signed
US$ 20.79
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Jacket by Fleur Ferri (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. SIGNED, DATED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, IN BLACK PEN, ON TITLE PAGE 'This book is signed for Barbara Ward. Who, Margaret says, we must applaud. And that is just, for Mrs Oakes just tells the truth and never jokes! All the best David Horsfall Sept 1981'. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners very slightly rubbed, not price clipped (no published price), no other inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy for its age. 141pp. An account of the restoration of his canal boat 'Adelina', and the restoration of the Basingstoke Canal itself, by coal engineer and canal enthusiast David Horsfall. Scarce signed. Signed by Author(s).