The History of Dover Harbour (Signed copy)
by Alec Hasenson
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Hythe, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Aurum Special Editions, 1980. First Edition. . Hardback in Slipcase. Very Good. First edition, first printing. Hardback in slipcase, bound in blue faux leather with gilt titling to spine. 24 × 15.5cm, 475pp, [5]. Signed directly to the half-title by Alec Hasenson. There is an additional inscription to the ffep from the Dover Harbour Board. An encyclopaedic history of Dover Harbour, from the primitive harbour, of the earliest times through its development in the seventeenth century, transport to and from, enlargement in the mid-Victorian age and international communications, and through the First and Second World Wars, up to the 1960s, with a final chapter on threats and expansion (inc the Channel Tunnel). Appendices include a list of steamships working Dover regularly from 1821 to 1976, and members and officials of some selected Harbour Boards 1606 to 1979. The books is illustrated with maps, plans and photographs. Condition: The book is in very good condition, the slipcase has some minor surface abrasions and a small white line to the rear but is otherwise sound. **PLEASE NOTE: As this is a heavy book, postage may have to be increased for overseas (non-UK) buyers, or decreased where appropriate. Please see the COX AND BUDGE BOOKS website for full shipping details or drop us an email**
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- Bookseller
- Cox and Budge Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013311
- Title
- The History of Dover Harbour (Signed copy)
- Author
- Alec Hasenson
- Format/Binding
- Hardback in Slipcase
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Aurum Special Editions
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1980
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Gilt
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