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Paperback. Condición: Good. First edition. The first issue of a scarce handbook on the transport of canal goods and different companies across England in the early twentieth century. The scarce first issue of the Handbook on Canals, containing information relating to controlled canals, lists of the towns served by them, and names and addresses of public carriers, compiled by the Canal Control Committee on the Board of Trade. In the publisher's original paper wraps. Contains a folding map of canal routes to the rear. An intriguing source offering knowledge on the use of canals for transporting goods, labour and improvements, as well as listing different canal compies under sub-committees across the country. Already declining as a method of transporting goods due to the rise of rail, the rise of motor caused canals to be abandoned for trade by the 1960s and have since been used for leisure. In the publisher's original paper wraps. Externally, browning and fading to paper wraps, with creases to the edges. A large crease close to front wrapper joint and small creases to top extremity of front wrapper. Small ink inscription to front wrapper. Slight browning and age toning to end papers. Library bookplate to front pastedown. A couple of faint spots and a stamp to folding map. Pages are mostly bright and clean, with slight age toning to leaf extremities. Good. None (ilustrador). book.…