[C145] Trent Navigation. Trent Navigation. 1817. Printed notice warning
of prosecution against persons illegally removing gravel from the river near
the navigation works. By order of the Committee, E. S. Godfrey, Clerk to the
Company. Nottingham, April 25 1817. G. Stretton, printers, Nottingham. 9"
x 11" £35.00
[C146] Trent Navigation. Trent Navigation. 1817. Printed notice warning
of prosecution against persons illegally removing gravel from the river near
the weirs. By order of the Committee, E S Godfrey, Clerk to the Company.
Nottingham, April 25th 1809. G. Stretton, printers, Nottingham. 8" x
11" £35.00
[C147] Trent Navigation. Trent Navigation. 1818. Printed notice warning
of prosecution against persons illegally removing gravel from the river to the
injury of the navigation. By order, E S Godfrey. Nottingham, December 4th 1818.
S & J Ridge, printers, Newark. 8" x 12" £35.00
[C148] Trent Navigation. Trent Navigation. Printed notice of a new
ByeLaw made in 1819 concerning the penalty for removing the midship beam from
boats to alter the gauge when laden thereby defrauding the Company of tonnage.
By order, E S Godfrey. S & J Ridge, printers, Newark. 8" x
12" £35.00
[C149] Trent Navigation. Trent Navigation. 1837. Printed notice of a new
ByeLaw made in 1837 concerning the penalty for illegally removing gravel from
the river. By order, E S Godfrey, Clerk to the Company. S & C Ridge,
printers, Newark. 8" x 13"
£30.00
[C150] Trent Navigation. Trent Navigation. 1858. Large printed poster
notice listing the River Trent Navigation Bye Laws, James Sutton, Chairman.
Charles John Ridge, Newark, printer. 19" x 24" £60.00
[C151] Manchester Ship Canal Company (Bridgewater Department). Navigable
Draught - Bridgewater Canal and Mersey & Irwell Navigation. 1900.
Printed poster notice giving the maximum available draught on the various parts
of the Bridgewater Canal and Mersey & Irwell Navigation. W. H. Collier,
Manager, July 16th 1900. Size 19" x 14", old fold and minor defects. £40.00
[C152] Manchester Ship Canal Company (Bridgewater Department). Navigable
Draught - Bridgewater Canal and Mersey & Irwell Navigation. 1900.
Printed poster notice giving the maximum available draught on the various parts
of the Bridgewater Canal and Mersey & Irwell Navigation. J. Oldfield,
Superintendent, October 10th 1900. Size 19" x 14", old folds. £40.00
[C153] Manchester Ship Canal Company (Bridgewater Department). Navigable
Draught - Bridgewater Canal and Mersey & Irwell Navigation. 1900.
Printed poster notice giving the maximum available draught on the various parts
of the Bridgewater Canal and Mersey & Irwell Navigation. J. Oldfield,
Superintendent, November 13th 1900. Size 19" x 14", old folds, minor
defects. £40.00
[C154] Manchester Ship Canal Company (Bridgewater Department). Navigable
Draught - Bridgewater Canal and Mersey & Irwell Navigation. 1899.
Printed poster notice giving the maximum available draught on the various parts
of the Bridgewater Canal and Mersey & Irwell Navigation. W. H. Collier,
Manager, June 17th 1899. Size 22" x 17", old folds, minor
defects. £40.00
[C155] Manchester Ship Canal Company (Bridgewater Department). Navigable
Draught - Bridgewater Canal and Mersey & Irwell Navigation. 1899.
Printed poster notice giving the maximum available draught on the various parts
of the Bridgewater Canal and Mersey & Irwell Navigation. W. H. Collier,
Manager, August 2nd 1899. Size 22" x 17", old folds, minor
defects. £40.00
[C156] Manchester Ship Canal Company (Bridgewater Department). Navigable
Draught - Bridgewater Canal and Mersey & Irwell Navigation. 1899.
Printed poster notice giving the maximum available draught on the various parts
of the Bridgewater Canal and Mersey & Irwell Navigation. W. H. Collier,
Manager, Sept 4th 1899. Size 22" x 17", old folds, minor
defects. £40.00
[C158] North Walsham & Dilham Canal Navigation . Share Certificate for
the North Walsham & Dilham Canal. 1825. Engraved £50 Certificate
printed on vellum 13" x 8", made out as share no. 349 in favour of
Michael Hayne of Buxton, Norfolk, January 1825. Signed by William a'Beckett the
Principal Clerk, and with the seal of the Company on wax under a paper wafer.
Portion clipped from one corner, but carefully restored. Although authorised in
1812 work on the canal did not start immediately, and this certificate probably
reflects the final drive to raise funds, the first sod being cut three months
later. It was opened throughout in August 1826. Original Canal share
certificates are now rarely seen.
£175.00
[C159] North Walsham & Dilham Canal Navigation. Shareholders documents,
North Walsham & Dilham Canal. A small collection of original documents
relating to this Norfolk navigation comprising; Manuscript transfer deed dated
1884 of five share from Marie Colk to Edward Press, the miller at Bacton Wood
and main user of the canal - two years later he bought the concern outright.
Together with three other documents concerning the vendor's title and a letter
from James Turner, the solicitor who later absconded with the proceeds of the canal
sale; Manuscript transfer deed dated 1883 of seven shares from George Kitton to
Press; Manuscript transfer deed dated 1879 of 115 shares from James Chapman's
executors to Press; Three pocket account/bank books 1862-76 relating to the
Canal. £125.00
[C160] North Walsham & Dilham Canal Navigation . Shareholders list,
North Walsham & Dilham Canal. Manuscript shareholder's list for this
canal dated March 1886, the date at which the undertaking was sold to Edward
Press, showing the name, address, number of shares, dividend since 1876, and
payment due to the owner. Many of the shareholder were not paid after the
Company's solicitor absconded with the funds.
£80.00
[C161] Jarrold & Sons. Map of the Broads. 1946. Large folding
coloured map by Freda Hands, clearly distinguishing the navigations from other
waterways. Folding in card covers.
£10.00
[C162] Mersey & Irwell Navigation. Abstract of the Deed of Conveyance
from the Proprietors of the Navigation of the Rivers Mercy [Mersey] and
Irwell...and of the Articles entered into by such Purchasers... for the
carrying on of the Navigation. 1779. Small 16 page booklet recording the
arrangements made on 23 and 24 June 1779 for the sale of the Mersey &
Irwell Navigation to a body of proprietors, and detailing the constitution of
the new company. An unusual item in excellent condition, original marbled paper
covers. £90.00
[C164] British Waterways. Cruising on the Trent & Mersey Canal, Part 1. First
Edition, c1960. Inland Cruising Booklet No. 12, Trent Lock to Great Haywood
Junction including part of the Coventry Canal. An excellent example from this
well-loved series of early canal guides. Card covers, photos, folding map. £12.00
[C165] British Waterways. Cruising on the Macclesfield Canal. First
Edition, c1960. Inland Cruising Booklet No. 11, including part of the Peak
Forest Canal. An excellent example from this well-loved series of early canal
guides. Card covers, photos, folding map.
£12.00
[C166] British Waterways. Cruising on the Oxford Canal. New Edition,
1966. Inland Cruising Booklet No. 6. Card covers, photos, folding map. Covers
rubbed, name on title page. £6.00
[C168] The Sheffield and South Yorkshire Canal Company Ltd. Shareholders
Report, 31st December 1891, Sheffield & South Yorkshire Navigation. Printed
report of the Directors on three folio pages with balance sheet loosely
inserted. Details the difficulties being experienced in acquiring the
navigations from the MS&L Railway Co, the proposal for the New Junction
Canal, etc. £22.00
[C170] Leeds & Liverpool Canal and River Douglas Navigation. An account
of the incomes and outgoings...Leeds & Liverpool Canal. 1830. Single
printed balance sheet for the year 1829, when the waterway was near the peak of
its prosperity, with capital works such as reservoir enlargements, a new lock
and basin, being easily paid for out of income. £28.00
[C171] Act of Parliament - Mersey & Irwell Navigation. An Act for making
the Rivers Mercy [Mersey] and Irwell navigable from Liverpool to
Manchester..... 1720. The historic original 1720 Act for appointing
Undertakers and bringing barge traffic up to Manchester. This is a printed copy
of c1770 in a neat pocket book format of 64 pages with marbled covers. £72.00
[C179] The Times. Financial and Commercial Supplement Sept 26th 1904 -
Canals. Eight page supplement, with leading article on the Future of
British Canals, with reference to a Manchester Chamber of Commerce
meeting. £15.00
[C183] Manchester Bolton and Bury (Bury & Sladen) Canal. [Map] Plan of
the proposed line of the intended extenfion of the Bolton & Bury Canal to
Sladen through the Tenter Grounds & premifes at Meanwood. Engraved map
probably prepared for the 1793 parliamentary session detailing the mill and
premises on the River Roch near Rochdale and the method by which the proposed
canal was to pass it and cross over the valley. A coss section shows the
aqueduct site. 13" x 21", old centre fold, plate marks strengthened
on reverse with archival tape. The scheme failed to get its Act. Detailed
records such as this of canal proposals are now very rare. £180.00
[C193] Grantham Canal Navigation. Grantham Canal Navigation. Printed
handbill c1845 giving brief historical details of the canal and the dividends
earned for various years up to 1844. Ownership stamp in top corner. Size
6" x 9" £25.00
[C196] Grand Union Canal. Map of the Grand Union Canal shewing its
communications with other canals and navigations. Large coloured map of the
Midlands showing the GUC and connections on an Ordnance Survey base. Detailed
enlargement of Uxbidge Slough Brentford and London area naming the wharves.
29" x 38", rolled, a few minor marginal defects. Printed by Cooke
Hammond & Kell in 1942. £32.00
[C198] Dean, Richard. Inland Navigation: An historical waterways map of
England & Wales [canals]. ill. R. Dean. Cleobury Mortimer: R. Dean/M.
& M. Baldwin, 1993. First Edition. Folding map in plastic sleeve. As New
ISBN: 0947712 20 8. This double sided sheet 34" x 24" is a
comprehensive historical map showing every waterway ever built or authorised by
Act in England & Wales, with all inclined planes, and lifts, and the more
important lock flights, aqueducts, tunnels and reservoirs. Six types of
navigation are distinguished. Folded in plastic sleeve. £4.95
[C200] Dean, Richard. Historical map of the Canals of London. ill. R.
Dean. Cleobury Mortimer: R. Dean/M. & M. Baldwin, 1996. First Edition.
Folding map in plastic sleeve. As New ISBN: 0947712 29 1. Comprehensive
historical map showing every waterway ever built or authorised by Act in the
area between Uxbridge, Hertford, Romford, and Croydon at 1.3" to one mile.
Most private wharves, arms, and basins are identified. Size 16" x
25"". Folded in plastic sleeve.
£3.00
[C201] Dean, Richard. Historical map of the Canals of North Staffordshire. ill.
R. Dean. Cleobury Mortimer: R. Dean/M. & M. Baldwin, 1997. First Edition.
As New ISBN: 0 947712 32 1. Comprehensive historical map showing every waterway
ever built or authorised by Act between Wheelock and Great Haywood, with the Caldon,
Uttoxeter, and Newcastle canals, and their tramroad connections, at 1.3"
to one mile. Most private wharves, arms, and basins are identified. Size
16" x 25". Folded in card cover.
£3.00
[C202] Smith, Charles. The Grand Junction Canal & Connections. ill.
R. Dean. Cleobury Mortimer: R. Dean/M. & M. Baldwin, 1993. Folding map in
plastic sleeve. As New A reproduction of Charles Smiths' map of 1810 with
historical notes by Richard Dean. Includes the Union canals to Leicester, and
the proposed Western Junction Canal.
£2.00
[C203] Dadford, Thomas. The Leominster Canal. ill. R. Dean. Cleobury
Mortimer: R. Dean/M. & M. Baldwin, 1993. Folding map in plastic sleeve. As
New ISBN: 0947712 29 1. A reproduction of the 1789 survey by Thomas Dadford
Junior, with explanatory notes by Richard Dean. Folded in plastic Sleeve. £2.00
[C204] Trent Navigation. Trent Navigation. 1837. Printed notice of a new
ByeLaws made in 1837 concerning the use of Staithes and mooring below
Gainsborough Bridge. By order, E S Godfrey, Clerk to the Company. S & C
Ridge, printers, Newark. 8" x 13"
£30.00
[C205] Trent Navigation. Trent Navigation. Undated printed notice
(watermark 1814) warning of fines for navigating without a full crew of three
men and a boy. By order of the Committee, E S Godfrey, Clerk to the Company.
Nottingham, April 25th 1809. Robinson, printers, Nottingham. 10" x
15" £35.00
[C206] River Thames Navigation Conservancy. Manuscript engineering drawings
prepared by the Navigation Conservancy for improvements and alterations to
locks, weirs, and other works on the River Thames 1870- 1939. ill. Pencil,
ink, colourwash or a combination. Contemporary manuscript copies, well used and
with some damage to edges and occasional loss of detail. Those on fragile oiled
tissue have been archivally mounted on a paper backing for preservation.
[Litho] Proposed new lock at Teddington 1899 (see photo), boat slip. tumbling
bay, new overfall at Teddington 1883. [4 items] £40.00
[C207] River Thames Navigation Conservancy. Manuscript engineering drawings
prepared by the Navigation Conservancy for improvements and alterations to
locks, weirs, and other works on the River Thames 1870- 1939. Moulsey &
Sunbury. ill. Pencil, ink, colourwash or a combination. Contemporary
manuscript copies, well used and with some damage to edges and occasional loss
of detail. Those on fragile oiled tissue have been archivally mounted on a
paper backing for preservation. Sluice at Moulsey Lock [see photo], proposed
new lock at Sunbury, lower lock gates at Sunbury and Penton Hook, ballast dumps
at Walton 1921, Church wharf sunbury 1905. [[5 items] £50.00
[C208] River Thames Navigation Conservancy. Manuscript engineering drawings
prepared by the Navigation Conservancy for improvements and alterations to locks,
weirs, and other works on the River Thames 1870- 1939. Shepperton &
Chertsey. ill. Pencil, ink, colourwash or a combination. Contemporary
manuscript copies, well used and with some damage to edges and occasional loss
of detail. Those on fragile oiled tissue have been archivally mounted on a
paper backing for preservation. Shepperton Lock guard piles 1887, wall in
Shepperton Lock cut 1891, campshedding at Chertsey 1889, Chertsey Weir, Penton
Hook Weir 1900 [see photo]. [5 items]
£45.00
[C209] River Thames Navigation Conservancy. Manuscript engineering drawings
prepared by the Navigation Conservancy for improvements and alterations to
locks, weirs, and other works on the River Thames 1870- 1939. Windsor. ill.
Pencil, ink, colourwash or a combination. Contemporary manuscript copies, well
used and with some damage to edges and occasional loss of detail. Those on
fragile oiled tissue have been archivally mounted on a paper backing for
preservation. Flood channel at Old Windsor Lock 1903, Old Windsor weir 1899,
tumbling bay at Old Windsor Lock 1903 [see photo], Victoria Bridge Windsor [4
items] £45.00
[C210] River Thames Navigation Conservancy. Manuscript engineering drawings
prepared by the Navigation Conservancy for improvements and alterations to
locks, weirs, and other works on the River Thames 1870- 1939. Romney, Boveney. ill.
Pencil, ink, colourwash or a combination. Contemporary manuscript copies, well
used and with some damage to edges and occasional loss of detail. Those on
fragile oiled tissue have been archivally mounted on a paper backing for
preservation. Romney Weir 1900 {2 items - see photo] Boveney Lock gates
1897. £55.00
[C211] River Thames Navigation Conservancy. Manuscript engineering drawings
prepared by the Navigation Conservancy for improvements and alterations to
locks, weirs, and other works on the River Thames 1870- 1939. Marlow. ill.
Pencil, ink, colourwash or a combination. Contemporary manuscript copies, well
used and with some damage to edges and occasional loss of detail. Those on
fragile oiled tissue have been archivally mounted on a paper backing for
preservation. Marlow Lock gate 1879, screen at Marlow Lock 1883/ arlow Weir
1906, boat launch at Marlow 1894 [see photo] [3 items] £50.00
[C212] River Thames Navigation Conservancy. Manuscript engineering drawings
prepared by the Navigation Conservancy for improvements and alterations to
locks, weirs, and other works on the River Thames 1870- 1939. Temple &
Hurley. ill. Pencil, ink, colourwash or a combination. Contemporary manuscript
copies, well used and with some damage to edges and occasional loss of detail.
Those on fragile oiled tissue have been archivally mounted on a paper backing
for preservation. Temple Weir 1882, Temple Lock heel post straps, Hurley Lock
gates 1876(2) [see photo], Hurley Lock gates 1910 [5 items] £45.00
[C213] River Thames Navigation Conservancy. Manuscript engineering drawings
prepared by the Navigation Conservancy for improvements and alterations to
locks, weirs, and other works on the River Thames 1870- 1939. Marsh, Shiplake,
Sonning. ill. Pencil, ink, colourwash or a combination. Contemporary
manuscript copies, well used and with some damage to edges and occasional loss
of detail. Those on fragile oiled tissue have been archivally mounted on a paper
backing for preservation. Piles above Marsh Lock 1907, Shiplake lower gates
1889, Sonning Old Weir 1902, Sonning Lock gate 1887(2) [see photo] [5
items] £45.00
[C214] River Thames Navigation Conservancy. Manuscript engineering drawings
prepared by the Navigation Conservancy for improvements and alterations to
locks, weirs, and other works on the River Thames 1870- 1939. Caversham. ill.
Pencil, ink, colourwash or a combination. Contemporary manuscript copies, well
used and with some damage to edges and occasional loss of detail. Those on
fragile oiled tissue have been archivally mounted on a paper backing for
preservation. Caversham Bridge printed plan & section 1867 [see photo],
Caversham Lock gates 1875, repair of towpath at Caversham, tumbling bay at
Caversham 1895 [4 items] £65.00
[C215] River Thames Navigation Conservancy. Manuscript engineering drawings
prepared by the Navigation Conservancy for improvements and alterations to
locks, weirs, and other works on the River Thames 1870- 1939. Mapledurham &
Whitchurch. ill. Pencil, ink, colourwash or a combination. Contemporary
manuscript copies, well used and with some damage to edges and occasional loss
of detail. Those on fragile oiled tissue have been archivally mounted on a
paper backing for preservation. Mapledurham Lock gates 1907 [see photo],
extension of bullnose to Mapledurham Lock 1944, Whitchurch Lock lower gates
1912 [3 items] £40.00
[C218] River Thames Navigation Conservancy. Manuscript engineering drawings
prepared by the Navigation Conservancy for improvements and alterations to
locks, weirs, and other works on the River Thames 1870- 1939. Days Lock. ill.
Pencil, ink, colourwash or a combination. Contemporary manuscript copies, well
used and with some damage to edges and occasional loss of detail. Those on
fragile oiled tissue have been archivally mounted on a paper backing for
preservation. New lock at Days 1871 [2 items]
£45.00
[C219] River Thames Navigation Conservancy. Manuscript engineering drawings
prepared by the Navigation Conservancy for improvements and alterations to
locks, weirs, and other works on the River Thames 1870- 1939. Abingdon,
Nuneham. ill. Pencil, ink, colourwash or a combination. Contemporary
manuscript copies, well used and with some damage to edges and occasional loss
of detail. Those on fragile oiled tissue have been archivally mounted on a
paper backing for preservation. Abingdon Lock gates 1896-1910 (3) Nuneham
railway bridge divers inspection 1907. [4 items] £45.00
[C220] River Thames Navigation Conservancy. Manuscript engineering drawings
prepared by the Navigation Conservancy for improvements and alterations to
locks, weirs, and other works on the River Thames 1870- 1939. Odney, Osney,
Sandford. ill. Pencil, ink, colourwash or a combination. Contemporary
manuscript copies, well used and with some damage to edges and occasional loss
of detail. Those on fragile oiled tissue have been archivally mounted on a
paper backing for preservation. Sandford Lock upper gates 1896, Odney Weir 1888
[see photo], Osney lock gates 1880 [3 items]
£40.00
[C221] River Thames Navigation Conservancy. Manuscript engineering drawings
prepared by the Navigation Conservancy for improvements and alterations to
locks, weirs, and other works on the River Thames 1870- 1939. Oxford Gas Works
railway bridge. ill. Pencil, ink, colourwash or a combination. Oxford Gas
Works proposed railway bridge across River Thames 1885 [2 items] Two manuscript
drawings by T. C. Hawksley, Civil Engineers, dated 1885. Size 85 x 45 cm, ink
and colour on glazed cloth. The first is an elevation of the proposed
structure, the second a cross section of the river at the site showing water
level and proposed deepening. Ownership stamp of Thames Conservancy. Minor
water damage in a corner, otherwise in good condition. £70.00
[C222] River Thames Navigation Conservancy. Manuscript engineering drawings
prepared by the Navigation Conservancy for improvements and alterations to
locks, weirs, and other works on the River Thames 1870- 1939. Godstow, Kings
Weir, Shifford. ill. Pencil, ink, colourwash or a combination. Contemporary
manuscript copies, well used and with some damage to edges and occasional loss
of detail. Those on fragile oiled tissue have been archivally mounted on a
paper backing for preservation. Bucks at Godstow Bridge 1899, Kings Weir gates
1902, Shifford Lock gates 1897 [3 items]
£40.00
[C223] River Thames Navigation Conservancy. Manuscript engineering drawings
prepared by the Navigation Conservancy for improvements and alterations to
locks, weirs, and other works on the River Thames 1870- 1939. Radcot Grafton St
Johns. ill. Pencil, ink, colourwash or a combination. Contemporary
manuscript copies, well used and with some damage to edges and occasional loss
of detail. Those on fragile oiled tissue have been archivally mounted on a
paper backing for preservation. Radcot Lock gates 1892, Grafton Lock gates
1896, St Johns Lock temporary tail dam 1949 [3 items] £45.00
[C224] Robert Whitworth / City of London. [Map] Plan and Profile of the
intended Navigable Canal from Marylebone to Moorfields ...1773. Faden &
Jefferys, 1773. Engraved map and long section surveyed by Robert Whitworth in
continuation of the proposed canal from Uxbridge, and joining the City's
projected route to the River Lee. Not built at this time, but the general route
was followed by later waterways. 16" x 12", old folds, and light
overall age discolouration. £75.00
[C225] Upper Mersey Navigation Commission. [map] Plan of the River Mersey
from Liverpool to Runcorn & Warrington. Neat plan of the estuary
including docks, adjoining canals, and some nearby land detail, lithographed by
G. Faulkner c1900. Scale two inches to the mile. 40" x 26", printed
on glazed cloth, later folds. £12.00
[C226] Dean, Richard. Historical map of the Canals of Manchester. ill.
R. Dean. Cleobury Mortimer: R. Dean/M. & M. Baldwin, 2001. Second Edition
(Revised and improved). As New ISBN: 0 947712 32 1. Comprehensive historical
map showing every waterway ever built or authorised by Act in the Manchester
and Salford areas, with many proposals, between Leigh, Bolton, Rochdale,
Diggle, Marple, and Partington, and their tramroad connections, at 1.3" to
one mile with detail enlagements. Most private wharves, arms, and basins are
identified, and the whole of the Worsley underground canal network detailed.
Size 16" x 25". Folded in card cover. £3.00
[C230] Surrey Commercial Dock Company. Surrey Canal. Schedule of tolls and
charges, and Bye-laws, orders , and regulations relative to the traffic and
management of the Canal.. 1907. 15 page booklet setting out the tolls
payable, navigation regulations, and penalties for 'bathing in the canal so as
to offend public decency' or using it for the disposal of dead dogs. Paper
covers, a little worn, staples rusted.
£24.00
[C232] Port of London Authority. Surrey Canal. Schedule of tolls and charges
and bye-laws, orders, and regulations relative to the traffic and management of
the Canal.. 1923. 15 page booklet updated from the 1912 issue setting out
the tolls payable on the Canal, navigation regulations, and penalties such as
'bathing in the canal so as to offend public decency' or using it for the
disposal of dead dogs. Paper covers, a little worn and stained, staples rusted.
Some manuscript amendments. £18.00
[C236] Act of Parliament. Trent & Mersey Canal Act, 1766. 1766. Good
An undated (Victorian?) reprint of the incorporating Act for this important
canal. 79 pages, 4to, one or two pencil notes, otherwise in good condition.
Considerably easier to read than the original issue. Together with abridged
extracts from 1802 and 1831 Acts, 28 pages. Together in later paper
covers. £36.00
[C240] Act of Parliament. River Dun Navigation Act, 1732. London: John
Baskett, 1732. Good The third Act for the navigation of the river, uniting the
split ownership in one set of proprietors, and other miscellaneous powers.
Folio, title and 40 pages, black letter, later paper covers. £28.00
[C241] Act of Parliament. River Ouse Navigation, 1732. John Baskett,
1732. The second Act for the navigation of the Yorkshire Ouse. 9 pages, folio,
black letter. Later paper covers.
£20.00
[C242] Acts of Parliament. River Ouse Navigation, 1726-1732. Eyre &
Spottiswoode, 1884. Fair Official 1884 reprints of the first and second Acts
for the navigation of the Yorkshire Ouse. 17+ 9 pages, folio, ltogether in ater
paper covers. £25.00
[C245] Great Northern Railway. [Map] River Witham. Large scale
lithographed plan c1845 of Kirkstead Ferry and the River Witham through parts
of Kirkstead and Thornton Parishes, showing the intended route of the GNR
Lincoln Loop line alongside it. 27" x 16", cloth backed, folded. £18.00
[C246] [Chester Canal]. [Chester Canal] Attested copy assignment and
transfer of the sum of £20,000 and interest secured upon the Chester Canal
Navigation.. 1796. A printed copy of the original deed between the Right
Honorable Lord Grey de Wilton and others to Robert Berks and others dated 5 May
1796, discharging for £8,000 the huge mortgage debt on the Chester Canal. This
unfortunate concern was by then almost derelict, but its prospects were
improving with the opening that year of the first part of the connecting
Ellesmere Canal. The document sets out the complicated financial history of the
undertaking which originally borrowed the then enormous sum of £20,000 to
complete the canal on the security of a guarantee by Samuel Egerton of Tatton.
7 pages, folio, old folds. Manuscript solicitor's attestation of authenticity
endorsed in 1797. £85.00
[C247] Leeds & Liverpool Canal Company. half-yearly Dividend Warrant. 1882.
Attractively printed Warrant 8" x 5"completed in manuscript in the
name of the Executors of William Robinson of Burnley, holder of fifteen
shares. £10.00
[C249] Leeds & Liverpool Canal Company. An Account of the Incomes and
Outgoings of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and Dougles Navigation. 1845.
Annual balance sheet prepared for the Proprietors for the year 1844. Lists the
toll income on various parts of the system, and the expenditure on repairs etc.
Single printed sheet, folded. £20.00
[C250] Leeds & Liverpool Canal Company. An Account of the Incomes and
Outgoings of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and Dougles Navigation. 1846.
Annual balance sheet prepared for the Proprietors for the year 1845. Lists the
toll income on various parts of the system, and the expenditure on repairs etc.
Single printed sheet, folded. £20.00
[C251] Leeds & Liverpool Canal Company. An Account of the Incomes and
Outgoings of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and Dougles Navigation. 1847.
Annual balance sheet prepared for the Proprietors for the year 1846. Lists the
toll income on various parts of the system, and the expenditure on repairs etc.
Single printed sheet, folded. £20.00
[C252] House of Lords. On appeal from the Court of Appeal, Robert Charles de
Grey Viner and the North Eastern Railway Company - Appendix, Part 1. In
1893 Vyner, an extensive riparian landowner, commenced legal action against the
Railway Company, as proprieters of the River Ure Navigation, for failure to
maintain the river banks. This volume is part of the evidence for the final
appeal hearing in the House of Lords c1898, the 338 quarto pages including a
full copy of the Ure Navigation Acts 1767 and 1820, the pleadings, the
judgements from the lower courts, and the verbatim evidence of witnesses
including landowners, engineers, agents, and the men involved in maintaining
the navigation. Later card covers, first couple of pages neatly repaired. £65.00
[C253] Leicestershire & Northamptonshire Union Canal. [share transfer
documents]. 1839. Deed of transfer for £90 of one share in the canal from
Eleanor Sarah Dobbs of Leicester to George Fletcher of Settle Yorkshire. Single
folio ms, signatures of both parties, stamped. Endorsement on reverse by the
Clerk to the Company. Worn, old folds for postal use, worm damage, tissue
strengthening. Together with a similar deed transferring another share to
Elizabeth Fletcher. £35.00
[C254] Grand Junction Canal. [Share transfer document]. 1858. Ms letter
dated 23 December 1858 on headed paper from the Clerk to the Company, enclosing
a formal certificate of transfer of shares. The folio certificate is a printed
Grand Junction form with ms insertions, relating to four whole and ten half
shares passing between members of the Garforth family of Coniston Cold, Gargrave,
Yorkshire. £35.00
[C256] Leeds & Liverpool Canal Company. [Dividend notice]. 1856.
Printed letter from John Tatham at the Canal Office, Liverpool, advising
proprietors the dividend payable on shares for the half year to 1 May 1856.
Lightly aged. £10.00
[C258] Coventry Canal. A Plan of the Navigable Canal now making from the
City of Coventry to communicate with the Grand Canal upon Fradley Heath in the
County of Stafford. 1771. Original map engraved by J. Lodge showing the
full length of the Coventy canal as 'Surveyed in 1767'. Shows the branch to the
coal mines at Griff, and the junction with the Oxford Canal at Longford.
13" x 8", decorative cartouche, distance table. Issued with the
Gentlemens Magazine for June 1771. A note describes the canal as 'now nearly
compleat from Coventry to Atherstone' Lightly browned with age, old folds, some
offsetting. £35.00
[C267] Trent and Mersey Canal. [Extracts from the Trent & Mersey Canal
Act 1831]. 26 page specially printed extract from the consolidation Act of
1831, mainly the preamble and mining sections. Not dated (c1880?). Together
with a two page extract from the 1802 Act. Quarto, later paper covers. £12.00
[C271] Act of Parliament. The Stourbridge Navigation Act, 1781. London:
Charles Eyre & William Strahan, 1782. An amending Act for this early canal.
Raising of further capital etc. Folio, title and 8 pages, black letter, later
paper covers. £15.00
[C272] Act of Parliament. The Forth & Clyde Navigation Act, 1787. London:
1787. Good An amending Act for this important early canal. Various alterations
to the constitution of the company etc. Folio, 20 pages, black letter, later
paper covers. £21.00
[C273] Act of Parliament. The Bridgewater Canal Act, 1795. London:
George Eyre & Andrew Strahan, 1795. Power for Francis, Duke of Bridgewater,
to extend his canal from Worsley to Leigh. Folio, title & 5 pages, later
paper covers. £35.00
[C274] Act of Parliament. The Grand Junction Canal Act, 1795. London:
George Eyre & Andrew Strahan, 1795. Power for varying the proposed route of
the canal to pass through Earl Clarendon's Park at Cassiobury, etc. Folio, 10
pages, later paper covers. £32.00
[C275] Thomas Scott, Dealer in canal shares. Circular letter. 1823.
Printed circular with ms insertions from the Office of the late Mr Thomas
Scott, New Bridge Street, Blackfriars, sent by his assistant Matthew Raine,
soliciting continued business in the sale of Canal Shares and other property.
Old folds and franking from postal use, endorsed note on reverse regarding the
income from the Silcoates Estate (?Yorkshire). Wax removed. £18.00
[C276] Ellesmere and Chester Canal. Circular letter . 1843. Printed
circular under the name of Thomas Stanton, the General Agent, Canal Office,
Ellesmere, regarding the 'moral and religious situation of the Laborers,
Boatmen, and others which have been congregated at Ellesmere Port through the
instrumentality of the Canal Company; and which the opening to the Public of
the New Dock, on the 13th September last have been rapidly and continually
augmenting' He refers to the scheme adopted by the 'Birmingham and London'
Railway for endowing a church at Wolverton and sets out the Canal Committee's
similar proposal for a subscription based on six shillings per share. Folded
and postally used with a 1d red stamp. Stanton had been the General Agent to
the Company since Thomas Telford gave up the post over forty years
earlier. £28.00
[C277] [Canals]. [Canal Boats]. 1836. 'An approximate rule for
calculating the Velocity with which a Steam Vessel will be impelled through
still water, by the Exertion of a given Amount of Mechanical Power, or forcible
motion, by Marine Steam Engines' - 6p article by John Farey. 'Experiments on
the Resistance of Barges moving on Canals' - Henry R. Palmer, 10p article.
'Recent Canal Boat Experiments - description and Tabulated Results of a series
of Experiments made to ascertain the actual Tractive Power exerted in drawing
Boats on Canals, under various circumstances of Load, Speed, etc.' - Important
account by John Macneill of experiments with the passenger boats on the Forth
& Clyde, Monkland, and Paisley Canals, using horse haulage and a
dynamometer. 47p, including tables, plus two engraved plates giving plans and
elevations of the boats, and various cross sections of the canals. These three
items are all from the first volume of Transactions of the Institution of Civil
Engineers, 1836, together in later paper covers. £95.00
[C278] [Canals]. [Canal Locks. 1836. 'On the Locks commonly used for
River and Canal Navigation' - 8p article by William Provis. 'Improved Canal
Lock' - 5p article by Joshua Field with a double page engraved plate. 'On the
strain to which Lock Gates are subjected' - 14p article by Perter W. Barlow
with a double page engraved plate. These three quarto items are all from the
first volume of Transactions of the Institution of Civil Engineers, 1836,
together in later paper covers. £45.00
[C284] Robert Whitworth. [Lancaster Canal] A Plan of the Propos'd Navigable
Canal from the Leeds & Liverpool Canal near Eccleston in the County
Palatine of Lancaster to Kendal in Westmorland, Surveyed in 1772.. 1772.
Engraved map 13" x 8" issued with the Gentlemens Magazine, showing
the earliest proposal for what was to become the Lancaster Canal. The route
shown is a little to the west of that adopted twenty years later. Uncoloured as
issued, old folds. £35.00
[C285] Kennet & Avon Canal. [Map] Plan of the Proposed Variation in the
Line of the Canal thro' Bath Hampton Estate the property of G. E. Allen Esq.. Neat
detailed plan engraved by Neele to show the Parliamentary Line of John Rennie's
Kennet & Avon Canal descending by locks to join the Avon at Bathampton
House, and the proposed new line continuing the level through the village
towards Bristol. The 1796 Bill to which this plan relates was defeated, but it
was an active scheme for a number of years, and although it never materialised,
this approximate alignment through Bathampton was authorised in 1798 as part of
the route to Bath that was finally built. Size 8 x 7 inches, scale four inches
to the mile, 'Explanation' detailing the arrangements aleady made with G. E.
Allen under the earlier 1794 Act. Old folds, short tear repaired, old adhesive
stains. Despite the defects, this is a nice illustration of the process by
which which landowners could influence the passage of legislation for important
canal schemes. £85.00
[C286] Canal Map. [Undated canal Map]. Undated engraved map of the
Midlands extending Stafford, Derby, Gloucester, Oxford, showing the canal
system c1770. River Avon from Tewkesbury to Stratford picked out in colour, and
0ne or two corrections and additions inked in a contemporary hand including
mileages and deletion of 'Intended' from the Oxford Canal. Ms title 'Oxford
Gen. Canal Plate'. 10 x 13 inches, old folds, paper sound but heavily (though
evenly) browned with age. Un unusual map, perhaps originally prepared during
the passage of the Oxford Canal Act in connection with the opposition by the
Avon Navigation proprietor. £75.00
[C287] Crawford, J. Law. Forth and Clyde Ship Canal in relation to the
Development of Commerce. Glasgow: Maclaren & Sons, 1891. The building
of the Manchester Ship Canal gave impetus to many other schemes, including a
revival of plans for a large canal across the scottish lowlands at an estimated
cost of seven million pounds. This book sets out a well-argued case for its
construction. 108 pages, 3 large folding drawings. Cloth, gilt title, some
restoration following heavy dampstains, contents good. One drawing is a modern facsimile.
An uncommon item. £85.00
[C288] [Andover Canal]. A Plan of the proposed Navigable Canal from Andover
to Redbridge in the County of Southampton, surveyed in 1770 [Andover Canal]. 1772.
Image available. Original map engraved by J. Lodge showing the full length of
the canal from Andover to the sea.. 13 x 7 inches, decorative cartouche,
distance table. Scale two miles to the inch. Issued with the Gentlemens
Magazine for February 1772. Old folds as issued £35.00
[C289] [Birmingham Canal]. A Plan of the Navigable Canal from Birmingham in
the County of Warwick to the Canal at Aldersley near Wolverhampton in the
County of Stafford, with a collateral cut to the Coal Mines at Wednesbury. 1771.
Image available. Engraved map showing the full length of the original
Birmingham Canal as surveyed by James Brindley. 12 x 7 inches, distance table.
Scale two miles to the inch. Issued with the Gentlemens Magazine for October
1771. Old folds as issued, some offsetting.
£35.00
[C290] [Chester Canal]. A Plan of the Navigable Canal now making from the
City of Chester to Middlewich and of the Branch from A to Nantwich. 1772.
Image available. Engraved map showing the original Chester Canal project. 12 x
7 inches, distance table. Scale two miles to the inch. From the Gentlemens
Magazine for June 1772. Old folds as issued
£35.00
[C291] [Droitwich Canal]. A Plan of the River Salwarpe and of the Navigable
Canal from droitwich to the River Severn in the County of Worcestershire
[Droitwich Canal]. 1771. Image available. Map engraved by J Lodge showing
the old river navigation from the River Severn up to Droitwich and the proposed
new canal alongside. 12 x 7 inches, decorative cartouche, distance table. Scale
three inches to the mile. From the Gentlemens Magazine for November 1771. Old
folds as issued £35.00
[C292] [Huddersfield Canal]. A Plan of the Navigable Canal now making from
Cooper Bridge to Huddersfield in the County of York [Huddersfield Canal]. 1774.
Image available. Engraved map showing the proposed waterway (Sir John Ramsden's
or Huddersfield Broad Canal). 12 x 7 inches, distance table. Scale three inches
to the mile. From the Gentlemens Magazine for 1774. Old folds as issued, slight
offsetting. £30.00
[C293] [Lagan Navigation]. A plan of the River Lagon and of the intended
navigable canal from Belfast to Lough Neagh [Lagan Navigation]. 1768.
Attractive original map engraved by Bowen showing the full length of the
proposed navigation which was 'Survey'd by order of the Rt. Honble and Honble
the Navigation Board of Ireland in 1768 by Robert Whitworth, Engineer'. Table
of distances in Irish Miles. 13" x 8", old folds, some
offsetting. £35.00
[C294] [Oxford canal]. A Plan of the Navigable Canal now making from (near)
the City of Coventry to the City of Oxford [Oxford Canal]. 1771. Image
available. Map engraved by J Lodge showing the full length of the proposed
waterway. 13 x 7 inches, distance table, decorative cartouche. Scale four miles
to one inch. From the Gentlemens Magazine for April 1771. Old folds as issued,
later hand colour. £40.00
[C295] [Oxford canal]. A Plan of the Navigable Canal now making from (near)
the City of Coventry to the City of Oxford [Oxford Canal]. 1771. Image
available. Map engraved by J Lodge showing the full length of the proposed
waterway. 13 x 7 inches, distance table, decorative cartouche. Scale four miles
to one inch. From the Gentlemens Magazine for April 1771. Old folds as
issued. £40.00
[C296] [Monkey Island Canal]. A Plan of the River Thames and of the intended
Navigable Canal from Reading to Monkey Island survey'd in 1770 and 1771. 1771.
Image available. Original engraved map showing the Thames fom Caversham to
Dorney with the locks, and the scheme surveyed by Brindley to bypass the
unsatisfactory navigation by a canal from the River Kennet at Reading through
Sonning and Twyford to near Bray. Alternative routes are marked for the eastern
length. 11 x 8 inches, distance table. Scale 1.5 miles to one inch. From the
Gentlemens Magazine. Old folds as issued.
£40.00
[C297] [Trent & Mersey Canal]. A Plan of the Grand Canal now making from
the Trent to the Mersey [Trent and Mersey or Grand Trunk Canal]. 1771.
Image available. Original engraved map showing the full length of the proposed
waterway. 15 x 8 inches, distance table. Scale four miles to one inch. From the
Gentlemens Magazine for July 1771. Old folds as issued, faint offsetting. £38.00
[C298] Chesterfield Canal. A Plan of the Navigable Canal from Chesterfield
in the County of Derby to the River Trent near Stockwith in the County of
Nottingham. 1772. Attractive map engraved by J. Lodge showing the full
length of the Chesterfield Canal as surveyed in 1769 with a distance table.
12" x 7", old folds. Cropped rather close on left & right
margins. £35.00
[C299] Basingstoke Canal map. A Plan of the intended navigable Canal from
Basingstoke in the County of Southampton to the River Wey in the County of
Surry [map]. 1777. Engraved map from the Gentlemans Magazine taken from a
survey in 1777 showing the full length of the proposed Basingstoke Canal
including the alternative route via Rotherwick with a branch to Turgis Green.
12 x 7 inches, old folds as issued.
£40.00
[C300] [Proposed Leeds and Selby Canal]. A Plan of the intended Navigable
Canal from Leeds to Selby .....with a View of the Rivers Aire and Calder. 1774.
Image available. Original engraved map showing the proposed waterway extending
the Leeds and Liverpool Canal to the River Ouse at Selby, bypassing the Aire
& Calder entirely. 14 x 8 inches, scale two miles to one inch. From the
Gentlemens Magazine for August 1774. Old folds as issued. Although the Bill for
the scheme failed in Parliament, it galvanised the Aire & Calder
proprietors into major improvements to their waterway, including the Selby
Canal. The map gives good detail of the rivers prior to these works. £40.00
[C303] Martin S. Briggs. Down The Thames. ill. Author. London: Methuen,
1949. First Edition. Cloth. Good / No Jacket. 251 pages, many text
illustrations/maps. £4.00
[C304] G. E. Mitton. The Thames. ill. E. W. Haslehurst. London: Blackie,
. First Edition. Cloth. Good / No Jacket. 56 pages, attractive colour
plates. £4.00
[C305] A. G. Linney. The Peepshow of the Port of London. London: Sampson
Low, First Edition. Cloth. Good / No Jacket. The first book by this author. 244
pages, many evocative photos. £7.00
[C306] A. G. Linney. Lure and Lore of Londons River. London: Sampson Low
Marston & Co, First Edition. Cloth. Good / No Jacket. The second book by
this author. 242 pages, many evocative photos. £7.00
[C307] Roger Pilkington. Small Boat on the Thames. ill. David Knight.
London: Macmillan, 1966. First edition. Fair / Good. One of the extensive
'Small Boat' series. 220 pages, map endpapers, ex-library with usual marks, but
otherwise good. £4.00
[C308] J. H. B. Peel. Portrait of the Thames. London: Robert Hale, 1967.
First edition. Good / No Jacket. 207 pages, illustrated. £5.00
[C309] J. H. B. Peel. Portrait of the Thames. London: Robert Hale, 1967.
1976 reprint. Good / Good. 207 pages, illustrated. Ex-library with usual marks,
otherwise good £4.00
[C310] John Poole. Saul Adam. Gloucester: Thornhill Press, 1973. First
edition. Good / Good. 240 page novel based on the Gloucestershire canals. Map
endpapers. Price-clipped dj with small repair, otherwise a nice copy. £14.00
[C311] Eric de Mare. Time on the Thames. London: The architectural
Press, 1952. First edition. Good / Good. 238 pages, illustrated with de Mare's
evocative photographs. Minor edge nicks to dj, otherwise a nice copy £10.00
[C312] Eric de Mare. Time on the Thames. London: The architectural
Press, 1952. First edition. Good / No Jacket. 238 pages, illustrated with de
Mare's evocative photographs. Prize label on front blank, otherwise a good
copy. £5.00
[C315] Ward Lock. A Pictorial and Descriptive Guide to the Thames from
Putney to Cricklade. London: Ward Lock & Co., Fifth Edition - revised.
Good The last pre-war issue of Ward lock's familiar guidebook. 192 pages,
photos, maps (some folding) plus many adverts. Slight fading on spine,
otherwise a nice copy. £10.00
[C316] Ward Lock. Guide to the Thames from Putney to Cricklade. London:
Ward Lock & Co., Sixth Edition. Cloth. Good The first post-war issue of
Ward Lock's familiar guidebook. 192 pages, photos, maps (some folding) plus
many adverts. A nice copy. £10.00
[C317] Geoffrey Essenn. Motor Cruising on the Thames. Southampton:
Robert ross & Co, 1951. First Edition. Cloth. Good / Fair. Useful and
practical guide to motor boating, with specific reference to the Thames. 80
pages. £5.00
[C318] Charles Dickens. Dickens's Dictionary of the Thames. Crystal
Palace, London: Charles Dickens and Evans, 1891. Original Wraps. Good This
author's work is frequently overshadowed by that of his famous father, but it
is in fact a useful, comrehensive, and interesting pocket compilation of data
about the river and the areas through which it flows during the Victorian
period, which has been the subject of a modern reprint. 308 pages, text maps,
adverts, original green paper decorative covers. A little wear to backstrip,
otherwise well preserved for a Victorian paperback.. £38.00
[C319] Salter Brothers. Salter's Guide to the River Thames (7 issues). Oxford:
Alden & Co, . Original Wraps. Fair A collection of seven issues of a
familiar and useful guidebook, each with folding maps and other illustrations.
5th edition (c1893), 45th edn, 46th Edn (two copies), 52nd Edn, 53rd edn, 57th
Edn. Some wear to covers, contents generally good. £28.00
[C320] Eric de Mare. London's River. London: Bodley head, 1964. First
Edition. Cloth. Fair / Very Good. Well ilustrated account of the river through
London. Minor ex-library marks. £5.00
[C321] J. H. O. Bunge. Tideless Thames in future London. London: Thames
Barrage Association, 1944. First Edition. Cloth. Good 122 pages of careful
argument, well illustrated, for a barrier to keep the tides out of London. The
Capital had to wait another half century for it to be realised, and then not in
the proper form advocated by Bunge. Map endpapers and other text maps. Together
with the covers from the Association's 1935 pamphlet 'Dam the Thames', and a
signed typescript letter from Bunge to the Rt. Hon. John Burns canvassing
assitance for the scheme. £26.00
[C322] . The Thames and its Beauties, London Bridge to Oxford. . Good
Attractive but anonymous book of photographs, 48 pages on centre tie, in
embossed paper covered boards with gilt title. Minor rubbing to board edges,
otherwise a nice copy. Undated, but presentation inscription July 1906. £24.00
[C323] Alfred J. Church. Isis and Thamesis - Hours on the River from Oxford
to Henley. Seeley & Co., 1886. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very
Good Attractive and evocative volume with sepia engraved title page and plates,
in nicely decorated cloth covers. All edges gilt. Very minor rubbing to
extremities, slight foxing to flyleaves. A desirable copy of an uncommon
book. £120.00
[C324] Susan Woolfitt. Idle Women. London: Ernest Benn Ltd, 1947. First
Edition. Cloth. Fair Classic account of volunteer women working canal boats on
the Grand Union Canal during World war two. Some wear to covers, split at top
of spine, contents good. £24.00
[C325] A. P. Herbert. The Water Gypsies. London: Methuen, 1930. First
Edition. Cloth. Good Classic novel based on the working life of the Thames and
the canals. Slight spotting to covers, otherwise a good copyW £8.00
[C326] L. T. Meade. Water Gypsies, or the adventures of Tag, Rag, and
Bobtail. London: John F. Shaw & Co, . New Edition. Cloth. Good Classic
novel based on the working life of the canals. Blue cloth, gilt, colour plates,
presentation label dated 1911. £24.00
[C327] L. T. Meade. Water Gypsies, or the adventures of Tag, Rag, and
Bobtail. London: John F. Shaw & Co, New Edition. Cloth. Good Classic
novel based on the working life of the canals. Green cloth, gilt, black &
white plates by H. Petherick, presentation label dated 1905. Minor foxing. £20.00
[C328] David Severn. The Cruise of the Maiden Castle. London: Bodley
Head, 1948. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good / Poor. Childrens novel based on
the canals. Green cloth, text illustrations, jacket defective. £3.00
[C329] Jane and Keith Dadds. The Narrow Boats. ill. David Kidger. Leeds:
E. J. Arnold & Son, 1965. First Edition. Cloth. Good Childrens novel based on
the canals. Brown cloth, text illustrations, backstrip faded. £3.00
[C330] British Waterways. Our Plan for the Future 2002-2006. Annual Report
& Accounts 2001-2. London: BWB, 2002. Pictorial Cover. Very Good A pair
of glossy brochures in card covers, 38 + 88 pages, many colour illustrations,
each with folded coloured system map at rear.
£5.00
[C331] Lancaster Canal. Lancaster canal [A collection of 13 original
documents]. Fair A collection of thirteen original agreements, letters, and
memoranda 1819-93 concerning the appointment of a man to superintend the gauges
on Crooklands Beck and the River Beela on behalf of the Millowners, as provided
for in theLancaster Canal Act. Water supplies to mills were jealously guarded
and caused many problems for canal promoters needing vital sources. Condition
variable. £65.00
[C332] West London Extension Railway Company. Bye-laws regulating the
Conveyance, Loading, and Unloading of Petrol and other Dangerous Goods upon the
Kensington Canal and the Chelsea Dock]. WLER Co., 1922. Card covers. Fair
Booklet of 10 pages in card covers. Vertical fold, staples rusted, previous
ownership endorsements on cover. £15.00
[C333] The Lee Conservancy Board. The Lee Conservancy Board. General
Information respecting Navigation, Locks, Wharves, Industrial Development and
Traffic on the River Lee & River Stort . 1946. Card covers. Fair
Booklet of 56 pages in soft covers. Maps, adverts, photos of riverside
facilities and traffic. £35.00
[C334] Westminster City Council. Grosvenor Canal reconstruction. . Fair
Seven engineering drawings showing the reconstruction and enlargement of the
entrance lock in 1929 and later works 1962-71. These are reduced scale
photo-prints of uncertain age. Old folds.
£15.00
[C335] British Transport Commission - British Waterways. Lee Navigation -
New Lock at ponder's End, 1958. 1958. Fair Contemporay photoprints of ten
BTC engineering drawings for the construction of a new lock at Ponder's End.
Old folds. £15.00
[C336] Paul Gedge. Thames Journey. London: George G. Harrap, 1949.
Advance Proof Copy. Original Wraps. Good 140 pages, unillustrated and unindexed
Advance Proof Copy in very good condition.
£24.00
[C338] Joseph Mears, Launches and Motors Ltd. The Thames, London to Windsor.
London: Joseph Mears, . Original Wraps. Fair Threepenny pocket guide with
photos, maps, and adverts, issued by the firm c1925. Cover stained, contents
good. £5.00
[C339] Salter Brothers. Tours to the Thames Valley by British Railways and
Salter's Steamers, 1955. London: Salter Bros. Ltd., 1955. Original Wraps.
Good Eleven page illustrated brochure, with a duplicated letter from the
company concerning educational excursions.
£8.00
[C340] [Thames ephemera]. Table of Rates or fares for Watermen, to commence
and be taken from the 2d May 1803. London: General Weekly Shipping List,
1917. Good Card mounted reproduction of the original 1803 handbill, issued in
1917 as a supplement to the General Weekly Shipping List. Later ownership stamp
in top corner. £11.00
[C341] [Thames ephemera]. [Print] Temple Lock near Marlow. ill. W. R. J.
Booth. . Good Attractive woodcut from 'Picturesque Europe' engraved by
Whymper. £5.00
[C342] William Black. The Strange Adventures of a Houseboat. London:
Sampson Low Marston & Co., . New and Revised edition. Cloth. Fair Effusive
victorian account of a pleasure trip on the Thames and canals. Green cloth,
bookplate, hinges renewed. £30.00
[C343] Warwick & Birmingham Canal Co.. Warwick & Birmingham Canal
Co./G. L. Nott & Co. Agreement.. 1915. Good Printed single page
agreement form with typed inserts concerning rental of a coal office on Sampson
Road Wharf, Birmingham, signed by John S. Pullinger and G. L. Nott on behalf of
the tenants. Revenue stamps and old folds, pencil note of termination in 1940.
The tenants undertook to send at least two boatloads of coal per week by
canal. £10.00
[C344] Grand Union Canal Co.. . 1930. Good Typewritten letter dated 28
March 1930 from the Fazeley Street office of the Warwick & Birmingham Canal
Co. (with the heading overstamped 'Grand Union Canal Co.' to reflect the recent
merger) to Head Office concerning the carriage of 800 tons of coal for Messrs
Lester Bros. of Acocks Green. £6.00
[C345] Warwick & Napton Canal Co.. Warwick and Napton Canal Navigation/George
Nelson Dale & Co. Ltd. Agreements. . Good Three original lease
agreements dated 1875, 1901, and 1922 for the occupation of land and wharfage
alongside the canal at Emscote Mills, Warwick. One on parchment, all with a
coloured plan, seals, and signatures.
£22.00
[C346] Leicester Navigation. Abstract of the Accounts, June 1851. Leicester:
1851. Fair Printed sheet with Clerk's notice on reverse. Folded and postally
used, with penny stamp. £25.00
[C347] Loughborough Navigation. Two Receipts for coal purchased at
Loughborough Wharf. 1854. Good Printed receipts, filled up in ink and
signed. The consignments of Nottinghamshire coal were bought by Mrs Blunt from
Joseph Smedley. £12.00
[C348] British Waterways. The Calder & Hebble navigation - Historical
and Geographical Notes. British Waterways, North Eastern Division, . Fine
Twelve page photo-illustrated booklet giving details of the Navigation for
pleasure craft users, with Distance Table, map, and lock diagram. Not dated,
but probably late 1950s. £12.00
[C349] Calder & Hebble Navigation Co.. Calder & Hebble Navigation -
Committee Report and Statement of Accounts, 1945. 1946. . Good Printed 4
page Report & Accounts, one of the last to be issued before
nationalisation. Ownership stamp and old folds. £18.00
[C350] Calder & Hebble Navigation Co.. Calder & Hebble Navigation -
Table of Distances. 11 x 17 inches. Good Printed table giving mileages to
the nearest quarter, to the various wharves and installations along the
navigation. Not dated, but probably c1890. Old folds. £24.00
[C351] Calder & Hebble Navigation Co.. Calder & Hebble Navigation -
Classification and Schedule of tolls and Charges under the Railway & Canal
traffic Act 1888.. 1892. Good Printed 42 page folio, interleaved, in cloth
covered boards. Formerly in the ownership of C. R. Dykes, General Manager of
the Rochdale Canal, with that concern's printed notice of objection tipped
in. £26.00
[C352] John Williamson. Proprietors in the Ripon Ure Navigation. 1831.
Good Two page original manuscript 'for my friend Mr Walbian' listing the
shareholders, the number held, and the voting rights. No less than five of the
28 proprietors were Williamsons. £26.00
[C353] C. M. Ramsay. On Canal Boats in Wartime. 1945. Good Interesting
account of volunteer women working canal boats on the Grand Union Canal during
World war two. Nine page illustrated article contained in the June 1945 issue
of the Geographical Magazine. £16.00
[C354] Harold A. Albert. Barging Across Britain. 1934. Good Single page
article in the worst style of popular journalism contained in a complete issue
of 'Pearsons Magazine' for August 18, 1934.
£12.00
[C355] Wilson/Faulkner/Hollingshead. Epilogue/FMC/On the Canal/Through
London by Canal. . Good A collection of four softback illustrated booklets
published during the 1970s dealing with various aspects of canal carrying. £15.00
[C356] Parliament - House of Commons. Report on the Canal Rates, Tolls, and
Charges Provisional Orders Bills, 1896. HMSO, 1896. Fair 'Blue Book' containing
the Report of the Joint Seclect Committee, together with proceedings and
verbation minutes of evidence. Largely concerned with the Strabane Canal in
Ireland, and the River Great Ouse, with much detailed contempory evidence and
information on the history and constitution of those concerns. 88 pages, folio,
paper backstrip worn. Together with an index to the Official Report of
Proceedings in 1892 on behalf of the Board of Trade of objections to the
revised classifications of traffic etc in respect of the Aire & Calder,
BCN, Grand Junction, Leeds & Liverpool, North Metropolitan and Warwick
& Birmingham Canals, 76 pages. Together with a Return of Draft Rules
proposed by the Board of Trade for classification etc, August 1888, 10 pages,
stitched without covers. £38.00
[C357] Parliament - House of Commons. British Waterways Bill, 1981. HMSO,
1981. Good Parliamentary Bill seeking various powers relating to standard of
vessels, certificates, removals etc, transfer of undertakings to the Board,
reclassification of Ashton, Caldon, Erewash, Slough Arm, Lower Peak Forest, and
Monmouthshire & Brecon Canals as Cruising Waterways, and arrangements at
Rocksavage Bridge and Stoke Bardolph Ferry. Folio, stapled as issued. £12.00
[C358] Parliament - House of Commons. London Midland and Scottish Railway
(Canals) Bill, 1943-44. HMSO, 1943. Fair The Bill which became the infamous
Act of 1944 closing to navigation most of the canals controlled by the LMS
Railway, including all or parts of the Huddersfield Narrow, Ulverston,
Coalport, Lancaster, Leek Branch, Cromford, Ashby, and Shropshire Union Canals.
13 pages, folio, stitched. Together with a print of Lancashire County Council's
petition against the Bill, 5 pages, mainly concerned with the future of the
road bridges. Together with the British Waterways (No. 2) Bill, 1987, 2 pages,
seeking repeal of certain of the closure provisions so that the BW could permit
their use for navigation. £28.00
[C359] British Waterways Board. Report and Accounts, 1966. HMSO, 1967.
Fair Annula Report and Accounts, with photos and appendices. 100 pages in
library binding. Together with seperate Reports for 1962 and 1963 specific to
the North Western Division. £24.00
[C361] LMS Railway. Bye-Laws for the regulation of the Canals in England
& Wales belonging to the London Midland & Scottish Railway Company.. LMS,
1938. Good Booklet of 33 pages, stapled.
£12.00
[C362] Dennis Dalton [Ed]. The Canals Book, 1971. London: Link House
Group, 1971. Fair Soft cover, 144 pages, many photos, maps, adverts. Moderate
wear, stain on cover. £6.00
[C363] William Durie, of Gray's Inn, Barrister.. The Law relating to Tidal
and Inland Waters. Kendal: Author, 1900. Good Specially printed for the
author, being his Lee Endowment Prize Essay. 57 pages, full leather gilt
covers, all edges gilt. A nice item dealing with all aspects of river and
foreshore law. £36.00
[C364] Salter Brothers. Salters' River Thames Steamers - Official Handbook. London:
Salter Bros. Ltd., 1956. Original Wraps. Good 28 pages, photos, fare lists, map
etc. Corners missing from rear cover with no loss of text. Together with a
loosely inserted timetable for the 1956 season. £22.00
[C366] Joseph Mears, Launches and Motors Ltd. Map of the River Thames. London:
Joseph Mears, Original Wraps. Fair 32 page booklet of coloured maps covering
the whole course of the Thames, in cloth cover. Not dated, but c1920s. £6.00
[C367] London Midland & Scottish Railway. Map of the Lancaster Canal. Good
Large detailed map c1942 showing all locks bridges aqueducts reservoirs etc. On
two sheets each 13" x 44", dissected and folding on cloth. £95.00
[C368] Grantham Canal. A Plan of the Intended Navigable Canal from the Town
of Grantham in the County of Lincoln to the River Trent near Nottingham Trent Bridge,
and also of a collateral branch .... to the Town of Bingham, both in the County
of Nottingham . 1792. 30 x 20 inches. Good A photoprint of unknown age from
a tracing of the original now in the House of Lords Record Office. Cloth
backed, folded. £15.00
[C369] [Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal]. A plan of the Canal from
the Trent to the Severn. Gentlemens Magazine, 1771. 12 x 7 inches.
Attractive original engraved map showing the full length of the navigation.
Table of distances, old folds, faint offsetting. £35.00
[C370] [Robert Whitworth]. A Plan of the Intended Navigable Canal from Moor
Fields into the River Lee at Waltham Abby Surveyd by Order of the City of
London. Gentlemens Magazine, 1774. 20 x 6 inches. Fair Attractive original
engraved map showing Whitworth's proposal for a level canal from the Lee at
waltham Abbey to Moorfields, a scheme thsat was never carried out. Old folds,
lightly browned, some offsetting.
£40.00
[C371] J. Smith. A Plan of the Intended Navigable Canal now making from the
River Trent to Langley Bridge in the Counties of Derby and Nottingham. Gentlemens
Magazine, 1776. 12 x 8 inches. Good Attractive original engraved map showing
the waterway now known as the Erewash Canal. Table of distances, old
folds. £35.00
[C372] [Bridgewater Canal]. A Plan of the Old Navigation from Liverpool to
Manchester (in part) & of the Duke of bridgewaters Canal from the Coal Mine
to Manchester, & to Stradford. Gentlemens Magazine, 1766. 8 x 4 inches.
Good Small original engraved sketch map showing the Duke of Bridgewaters Canal.
One of the earliest cartographic representations of this pioneer waterway. £35.00
[C373] Edward Stanford. Stanford's Map of England & Wales showing Canals
& Rivers suitable for navigation by Canoes and other light craft. London:
Edward Stanford, 1934. First Edition. 26 x 31 inches. Good Coloured
lithographed map of the canal system and canoeable rivers, cloth backed and
folding into hard covers. An early attempt to exploit the leisure potential of
the waterways. A good example in clean condition. £34.00
[C374] Lionel B. Wells, M. Inst. C.E. Late Engineer to the River Weaver
Navigation. Map of Canals and Navigable Rivers of England & Wales . Lionel
B. Wells, . First Edition. 21 x 28 inches. Good Coloured lithographed map of
the canal system, distinguishing independent from railway-controlled waterways,
with a table of lengths and ownership. Cloth backed and folding into hard
covers. Not dated (c1890) £45.00
[C375] Sharpness New Docks and Gloucester & Birmingham Navigations Co. .
Plan of the Worcester and Birmingham & Droitwich Canals, sections of the
Sharpness New Docks and Gloucester & Birmingham Navigations. 1893.
First Edition. 21 x 25 inches. Good Coloured lithographed map of the canals.
Dissected, cloth backed and folding into hard covers. Henry Waddy, General
Manager, Hall & English Lithographers.
£45.00
[C376] . Arrangement Transferring the Undertaking of the Dee Conservancy
Board to the River Dee Catchment Board . 1938. Fair Soft cover booklet with
copies of the orders made under the Land Drainage Act 1930, and of the deed of
arrangement between the two bodies responsible for drainage and navigation of
the Dee estuary up to Chester. Includes interesting three page schedule of all
agreements, leases, and licences affecting the river. Pinholes and some
wear. £18.00
[C377] Grand Junction Canal Co.. Agreement between the Grand Junction Canal
Co. and Charles Winter Wingrove. 1910. Fair Original two page manuscript
agreement for the tenancy of 17 acres of the canal company's land near the
junction with the Slough Arm. Signature of tenant, and coloured folding plan on
tracing cloth. Old folds, some wear.
£18.00
[C378] William Jackson & Sons. Rules and Regulations for Working
Traffic. 1885. Good Seven page pocket book issued to each captain of the
firm's boats, who traded mainly between Manchester and Hull via the Rochdale,
Cader & Hebble, Aire & Calder, and Humber. Fascinating details
regarding rates of pay, and various incentives to quick turnarounds etc. 'Each
Captain will be supplied with a Bible and Prayer Book....and it is the earnest
wish....that they should carefully read as often as possible' Oilcloth covers a
little rubbed, contents good. £48.00
[C379] Lake Erie and Ohio River . Lake Erie and Ohio River Ship Canal. .
Good A collection of four booklets 1894-1912 on this persistent scheme for a
ship canal connecting the Pittsburgh industries with the Great Lakes. Pamphlet
No. 1, Organisation, Reports of Committees, and other papers, 1894, 83 pages,
folding coloured map. Pamphlet No. 2, Report of the Provisional Committee etc,
102 pages, photos, large coloured folding map. National Charter - an Act to
incorporate the Lake Erie and Ohio River Ship Canal, to define the powers
thereof, and to facilitate interstate commerce, 8 pages. Lake Erie and Ohio
River Ship Canal, May 1912, 12 pages, text maps. £70.00
[C380] Captain T. J. Cram. Map of a route for a canal to avoid the principal
rapids of the Neenah (orFox) River between Lake Winnebago & Green Bay . Congress,
1839. 17 x 11 inches. Good Early survey of the Fox River between Lake Winnebago
and Waupekun to show a proposed canal scheme avoiding it, which was not built -
locks were eventually provided at each of the rapids. Scale approx 1.25 miles
to the inch. Surveyed under the direction of Cram by J. I. Woodside. Old
folds. £50.00
[C382] . Map of the Neenah or Fox River and of the proposed canals from Fond
du Lac to Rock River and the Wiskonsin. Congress, 1839. 27 x 22 inches.
Good Early survey of part of Wisconsin prepared to accompany a congressional
report on the rivers with a view to improvements in navigation by a canal
avoiding the upper Fox River running through Fond du Lac, Scalp Village, and
Fox Lake, to Dekorre - this was never built. Scale roughly two miles to the
inch. Old folds, some outline colour. One of the earliest maps of this part of
Wisconsin. £85.00
[C383] Lieutenants T. F. Drayton & J. G. Reed. Survey for a Ship Canal
to connect the Lakes Erie & Ontario. Lockport Route.. Congress, 1835.
31 x 48 inches. Fair Large detailed plan scale four inches to the mile for a
ship canal to connect the lakes by avoiding Niagara Falls. The proposed route
was from Olcott through Burt, Newfane, Lockport, Wendelville and Tonawanda,
some 32 miles long. Surveyed under the direction of Captain W. G. Williams, and
drawn by Reed. Cropped close to margin at top edge, old folds, minor
discolouration. £85.00
[C384] Detroit Commercial Convention. Memorial and Report on the Niagara
Ship Canal. Congress, 1872. Good 73 pages of detailed commercial, economic,
and engineering arguments in support of the proposal for a ship canal avoiding
Niagara Falls on the American side. Map and other illus. Later paper
covers. £35.00
[C385] Nicolas de Fer. [Map, plan] Les Jonctiions de deux grandes Rivieres
de Loire et de Seine par le Nouveau Canal d'Orleans et celuy de Briare. Paris:
N. de Fer, 1705. 2nd Edition ?. 27 x 18 inches. Good An attractive and very
informative map engraved by Charles Inselin of two of the earliest canals in
Europe, the Canal de Briare dating from 1643 and usually credited with being
the first summit level waterway in the western world. The map is printed from
two plates side by side: it appears that initially the larger one only showed the
Canal d'Orleans, with the Briare Canal being added to the plate later, and
there is evidence of an earlier date being altered to 1705. The smaller plate
shows that part of the Briare Canal which would not fit on it. The waterways
are shown in some detail, with locks, bridges, feeders, etc, most being
numbered and keyed to extensive schedules of names and distances. The main
title cartouche shows part of a lock with a small loaded boat. Printed on stout
paper with light overall toning, centre fold, two small marginal tears reaching
to plate mark neatly repaired. £350.00
[C386] Nicolas de Fer. [Map, plan] Les Jonctiions de deux grandes Rivieres
de Loire et de Seine par le Nouveau Canal d'Orleans et celuy de Briare. Paris:
N. de Fer, 1716. 15 x 10 inches. Good An attractive and very informative map
engraved by P. Starck-man of two of the earliest canals in Europe, the Canal de
Briare dating from 1643 and usually credited with being the first summit level
waterway in the western world. The waterways are shown in some detail, with
locks, bridges, feeders, etc, most being named. Printed on stout paper with
light overall toning. This is a reduced scale version of de Fer's earlier large
map of the canals (see our Book No. C385)
£70.00
[C387] . [Map] Lancaster Canal . I. Stockdale, 1795. 8 x 11 inches. Good
One of several neat canal maps engraved by I. Mutlow for Aitkens History of
Manchester. Nice example in a slightly creased card mount. £33.00
[C388] H. W. Moffat. [Map] Ipswich Shipyards. . 29 x 36 inches. Poor
Dyeline print on thick paper of a drawing showing the location of all the
shipbuilding facilities on the Orwell going back to 1730, with covering dates
and successive owners for each site. Later folds, some browning and
waterstains, but an interesting record in cartographic form. Not dated -
c1960s? £14.00
[C389] Severn Commission. [Stoppage notice for Lincombe Lock]. Worcester:
1883. 11 x 9 inches. Poor Small poster notice advising of a stoppage for
repairs at Lincombe lock. Originally a little soiled and in a brittle condition
with some minor loss not affecting legibility, but now restored and laid down
on paper backing £18.00
[C392] London and North Eastern Railway Company. [Map] Foss Dyke Navigation.
LNER, . 20 x 18 inches. Good LNER era photoprint of an original manuscript
drawing showing the Fossdyke Navigation from Torksey to Lincoln, with mileages,
connecting waterways, and nearby railways. Navigation highlighted in blue. Old
folds. £22.00
[C393] T. Kitchin. A Map of the New Intended Canal to join the Rivers Severn
and Trent. London: R. Baldwin Jnr., . 5 x 7 inches. Attractive and neatly
drawn engraved map prepared for the London Magazine c1720, showing one of the
earliest canal proposals in England, a waterway apparently making use of existing
rivers, with a short linking canal between the headwaters of the Smestall and
Penk near Wolverhampton. The general route was followed half a century later by
the Staffordshire & Worcestershire, and part of the Trent & Mersey
Canals. Hand coloured, in card mount for framing. £35.00
[C394] T. Allom. [Print] Torridge Canal & Rolle Aqueduct, near
Torrington, Devonshire. ill. T. Dixon. 8 x 5 inches. Well-known print of
the five-arched aqueduct on the private tub-boat canal in Devon. Minor foxing,
mainly to margins. £35.00
[C396] Ordnance Survey. Wey Navigation, Basingstoke Canal, Wey & Arun
Canal, Arun Navigation, Portsmouth & Arundel Canal.. 1872. 13 x 18
inches. Good Reduced scale photocopies of the six inches to the mile maps
covering the whole route of these navigations, with the exception of part of
the tidal Arun, and the Portsea Canal. 31 sheets. A valuable historical source
of data on 'Londons lost route to the sea'
£22.00
[C397] Act of Parliament. The Aire and Calder Navigation Act, 1699. London:
Charles Bill and Executors of Thomas Newcomb, 1699. Fair An original official
issue of the first Act for this early Navigation, authorising works between
Weeland, Leeds, and Wakefield. Small folio, title and 20 pages, black letter,
later paper covers. Light age toning, and stain on title page. £85.00
[C398] Act of Parliament. The Aire and Calder Navigation Act, 1774. London:
Charles Eyre & William Strahan, 1774. Good An important Act for this early
Navigation, authorising Smeaton and Jessop's major improvement scheme,
replacing long stretches of the old river by new cuts and locks, and extending
by a new canal to Selby on the Ouse.. Folio, title and 96 pages, black letter,
later paper covers. £45.00
[C399] Act of Parliament. The Aire and Calder Navigation Act, 1774. London:
George Eyre & Andrew Spottiswoode, 1774. 1836 Reprint. Good An important
Act for this early Navigation, authorising Smeaton and Jessop's major
improvement scheme, replacing long stretches of the old river by new cuts and
locks, and extending by a new canal to Selby on the Ouse.. Folio, title and 59
pages, later paper covers. £30.00
[C401] Act of Parliament. The Aire and Calder and River Dun Navigations
Junction Canal Act, 1891. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1891. Good The Act
for the construction of the New Junction Canal, one of the last to be built in
England. 21 pages, later paper covers.
£18.00
[C402] Act of Parliament. Ashby de la Zouch Canal Act, 1794. Charles
Eyre & Andrew Strahan, 1794. Good Original King's printer issue of the
first incorporating and constructing Act for this important waterway, with
several branches to collieries and limeworks that were actually built as
tramroads. 97 pages, folio, later paper covers. £55.00
[C403] Act of Parliament. Midland Railway Act 1846. George Eyre &
Andrew Spottiswoode, 1847. Good An Act authorising the newly-formed Midland
Railway to construct a line from Burton on Trent to Nuneaton with branches, and
to purchase the Ashby de la Zouch Canal. Detailed provisions for maintainance
of the canal and tolls to be charged for its use. 17 pages, later paper
covers. £18.00
[C404] Act of Parliament. The Ashton Canal Act, 1793. London: George
Eyre & Andrew Strahan, 1793. Good Powers for the Manchester Ashton under
Lyne and Oldham Canal to build a branch to Heaton Norris, Stockport, with a
subsidiary branch from Reddish to Beat Bank. Folio, title & 17 pages, black
letter, later paper covers. £28.00
[C405] Act of Parliament. The Barnsley Canal Act, 1793. London: Charles
Eyre & William Strahan, 1793. Good The principal incorporating and
constructing Act for this canal. Folio, title and 101 pages, black letter,
later paper covers. £55.00
[C406] Act of Parliament. The Bradford Canal Transfer Act, 1878. London:
George Eyre & Andrew Spottiswoode, 1878. Good Transfer of the canal to the
Leeds & Liverpool Canal Co. with power for the Aire & Calder Navigation
to become joint owners. 16 pages, later paper covers. £22.00
[C407] Act of Parliament. The Bradford Canal Act, 1871. London: George
Eyre & William Spottiswoode, 1871. Good Powers to close the upper part of
the canal, and to sell all or part and wind up the company. 24 pages, later
paper covers. £22.00
[C408] Act of Parliament. Calder and Hebble Navigation Act, 1825. 1825.
Fair Powers to construct the Salterhebble to Halifax Branch, and other
miscellaneous provisions. Privately printed for the Company. Folio, 61 pages,
uncut, later paper covers. First and last pages a little grubby. £45.00
[C409] Act of Parliament. Calder and Hebble Navigation Act, 1931. London:
King's printer, 1931. Good Miscellaneous and further powers. 10 pages, later
paper covers £11.00
[C410] Act of Parliament. Caledonian Canal Act, 1804. London: George
Eyre & Andrew Strahan, 1804. Good Commissioners had been appointed the
previous year to effect the construction of this important ship canal across
Scotland using government funding, but this Act sets out their powers and the
arrangements for building the canal in much more detail. Folio, 41 pages, later
paper covers. £46.00
[C411] Act of Parliament. Cromford Canal, 1789. London: Charles Eyre
& Andrew Strahan, 1789. Good A contemporary printing of the main
incorporating Act for this waterway from Cromford to Langley Bridge in
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, with a branch to Pinxton. Title and 55 pages,
folio, black letter, later paper covers
£52.00
[C412] Act of Parliament. Cromford Canal Act, 1790. London: Charles Eyre
& Andrew Strahan, 1790. Good The second Act for this canal, giving further
powers mainly relating to water supplies. Title and 15 pages, folio, black
letter, later paper covers. £22.00
[C413] Act of Parliament. Cromford Canal Acts, 1845 & 1846. London:
George Eyre & Andrew Spottiswoode, . Good Two Acts for this canal, giving
further powers and authorising a sale to the Manchester Buxton Matlock and
Midland Junction Railway. 6 + 19 pages, together in later paper covers. £25.00
[C414] Act of Parliament. The Dearne and Dove Canal Act, 1793. London:
Charles Eyre & Andrew Strahan, 1793. Good The principal incorporating and
constructing Act for this canal. Folio, title and 93 pages, black letter, later
paper covers. £55.00
[C415] Act of Parliament. The Dearne and Dove Canal Act, 1800. London:
George Eyre & Andrew Spottiswoode, 1800. 1849 Reprint. Good Further monies
and other powers. Folio, 10 pages, later paper covers. £15.00
[C416] Act of Parliament. River Dun Navigation Act, 1725. London: John
Baskett & T. Norris, 1726. Good The first Act for the navigation of the
River Don, making it navigable from Doncaster up to Tinsley. Small folio, black
letter, title and 65 pages in later paper covers £45.00
[C417] Act of Parliament. River Dun Navigation Act, 1726. London: George
Eyre & Andrew Spottiswoode, 1726. 1838 reprint. Good The second Act for the
navigation of the River Don, improving it from Barmby Dun to Doncaster. Folio,
title and 26 pages in later paper covers.
£18.00
[C418] Act of Parliament. River Dun Navigation Act, 1739. London: George
Eyre & Andrew Strahan, 1739. 1826 reprint. Good The fourth Act for the
navigation of the river, improving it from Barmby Dun to Fishlock Ferry. Folio,
title and 31 pages, later paper covers.
£18.00
[C419] Act of Parliament. River Dun Navigation Act, 1826. London: George
Eyre & Andrew Spottiswoode, 1826. 1840 reprint. Good The sixth Act for the
navigation of the river, alterations, new cuts at Rotherham Aldwark Kilnhurst
Mexbrough Conisbrough Sprotbrough, etc. Folio, 27 pages, later paper
covers. £20.00
[C420] Act of Parliament. The Douglas Navigation Act, 1719. London:
George Eyre & Andrew Strahan, 1719. 1817 reprint. Good Making the river
navigable fronm the Ribble to Wigan. Title and 12 pages, later paper
covers. £35.00
[C421] Act of Parliament. The Dudley Canal Act, 1775. London: Charles
Eyre & William Strahan, 1776. Good The first Act for this early canal,
incorporating a company to extend the Stourbridge Navigation from Black delph
to the south side of Dudley. Folio, title and 81 pages, black letter, later
paper covers. £50.00
[C423] Act of Parliament. The Forth & Clyde Navigation Act, 1787. London:
Charles Eyre & Andrew Strahan, 1787. Good The second of two amending Acts
this year for this important early canal. Deepening, extension to Bowling, etc.
Folio, Title and 13 pages, black letter, later paper covers. £24.00
[C424] Act of Parliament. Canal Tolls and Charges, No. 1 (Canals of the
Great Northern and certain other Railway Companies) Order Confirmation Act,
1894. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1894. Good Confirming Act scheduling
the order which specifies the maximum tolls to be charged on most of the
railway owned canals in England under the Railway & Canal Traffic Act of
1888. 61 pages, later paper covers.
£18.00
[C425] Act of Parliament. London Midland and Scottish Railway (Canals) Act,
1944. HMSO, 1944. Good The infamous Act of 1944 closing to navigation most
of the canals controlled by the LMS Railway, including all or parts of the
Huddersfield Narrow, Ulverston, Coalport, Lancaster, Leek Branch, Cromford,
Ashby, and Shropshire Union Canals. Privately printed for the company, 41
pages, folio, stitched. £32.00
[C426] Act of Parliament. The Manchester Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway
Act, 1849. London: George Eyre & William Spottiswoode, 1849. Good A
consolidating Act repealing and re-enacting all the legislation relating to the
railway, and amending that for the canals which it owned. 155 pages, marbled
paper over boards with cloth spine and corners. £28.00
[C427] Act of Parliament. [Robert Mylne's copy?] Gloucester and Berkeley
Canal Act, 1793. 1793. Fair A privately printed copy of the first Act for
this ship canal to Gloucester. Folio, 66 pages, paper covered boards and
leather spine. There are several ink and pencil marginal notes, and an old
inscription inside the front cover suggests these were made by W. C. Mylne, the
victorian engineer probably best known for his work with the New River Company:
but the content and handwriting is indicative of his father Robert Mylne, who
was the engineer of the canal. £185.00
[C428] Act of Parliament. The Grand Western Canal Act, 1796. London:
1796. Fair The main incorporating and constructing Act for this waterway
intended to link the English and Bristol Channels. 61 pages, folio, later paper
covers. Mild dampstain on first couple of pages, not affecting text. £55.00
[C429] Act of Parliament. An Act for making and maintaining a Navigable
Canal from of near the Town of Grantham...to the River Trent.... [and a branch
to Bingham]. London: Charles Eyre & Andrew Strahan, 1793. Good A King's
Printers issue of the imain ncorporating and constructing Act for the Grantham
Canal Company dated 30th April 1793. Black letter, title and 89 pages, in later
card covers together with the 10 page amending Act of 1797. £60.00