A History of the Ribble Navigation from Preston to the Sea. by BARRON, James:

For the Corporation of Preston at the Guardian Press, Fishergate, 1938 xv [1], 503 p. 290 x 230 Bound in clean blue buckram, with bright, gilt title lettering to front board and spine, this 1938 First Edition is VG in good wrapper. Top edges gilt. Heraldic design in gilt to front panel, of sheep with sword and flag, with Foreword by Alderman William Lucas, Introduction by H.E. Nutter, Preface by author, 25 Chapters, 200 illustrations, including charts and plans and Index. Bevelled boards, clean end-papers, wrapper complete and un-clipped, but with some small nicks and closed tears and overall slightly grubby from handling; front panel of wrapper has odd small red spots. Published by Corporation of Preston and priced at originally one guinea, in 1938, this is a scholarly illustrated book published to mark 100 years in which the navigation was owned by Corporation Preston 1837 Ribble Navigation Improvement Company that confined the channel of the Ribble within stone embankment and deepened the channel… Read More