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Bown, A. H. J.
The Port of Sunderland: Official Handbook issued jointly by the River Wear Commissioners and the Sunderland Corporation 1948.
Publisher: Thomas Reed and Company, Limited, Sunderland;
Date of Publication: 1948
Stock Code: 8585
FIRST THUS. Softcover quarto, pp. xvi (adverts), 104, xvii-xxxii (further adverts). Numerous monochrome illustrations throughout; 3 large folding plans. Grey card wraps with paper pictorial onlay to front cover above blue and gilt titles. Covers lightly soiled and nicked & creased with small loss at head of spine and upper corner of rear cover, 2 cm closed tear to rear top edge, and covers detached from text-block. Institute of Transport Library stamp to inner front cover and contents very slightly corner creased otherwise clean and bright; no annotation or inscriptions. A Fair copy overall with Very Good contents. 1948 issue of the well-illustrated annual guide to the port and shipping facilities on the River Wear. Sold