Caledonian Canal (14 results)

Condition: Very Good. *Price HAS BEEN reduced by 10% until Monday, April 6 (SALE ITEM * first edition, ten panel full color folding map with brief introductory text, approximately 48 x 12 overall in original decorated stiff paper wrappers, very good. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.

Booklet - Unbound Pages. Condition: Very Good. 30 pages. A substantial series of notices describing progress on the great canal through the Great Glen, with engineering remarks attributed to Stevenson. The articles cover locks, excavations, difficulties of rock and water supply, and the national importance of the undertaking, reflecting sustained public interest in the work. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Supplied without title page or cover. Size: 12 x 21 cms. Category: Scots Magazine; Canals & Waterways; Special Interest; New Arrivals; This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost. Cosmo Books : 28 years selling on ABE; 28 years of taking care of customers on ABE; A seller you can rely on.

33x21cm. disbound. 13 pages. good clean condition. pages loose. [Please see our storefront page for shipping information] the commissioners' short report is followed by appendices containing the report of Messrs. Walker and Burges, tables showing the number of workmen and labourers employed during the year, expenditure accounts, etc., etc.

33x21cm. disbound. 33 pages. good clean condition. [Please see our storefront page for shipping information] the commissioners' short report is followed by appendices containing the shipping list for the year. monthly account of ships and vessels navigating the canal, report on the state of the canal, and expenditure accounts.

33x21cm. disbound. 15 pages. good clean condition. secured with a plastic spine binder. [Please see our storefront page for shipping information] the commissioners' report is followed by appendices containing tables showing the number of men employed during the year, monthly accounts of number of vessels using the canal, expenditure accounts, report by Mr.May, etc.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. C. Williams and W. Read. (illustrator). A splendid original engraved hand coloured print. Very much in the Rowlandson/Dr Syntax mould. Mounted (matted) and ready to frame. Very good condition. Fine rich colouring . Very good Condition . Printed in 1821. Shows Dr Prosody on the Caledonian Canal - with a wedding m . . - fine view.

33x21cm. disbound. 49 pages. good clean condition. secured with a plastic spine binder. [Please see our storefront page for shipping information] the commissioners' report is followed by appendices containing tables showing the number of workmen and labourers employed during the year, expenditure accounts, report by Messrs. Jessop and.Telford, weather reports, etc.

33x21cm. disbound. 46 pages. good clean condition. secured with a plastic spine binder. [Please see our storefront page for shipping information] the commissioners' report is followed by appendices containing tables showing the number of workmen and labourers employed during the year, expenditure accounts, report by Mr.Telford, weather reports, etc.

33x21cm. disbound. 46 pages. good clean condition. secured with a plastic spine binder. [Please see our storefront page for shipping information] the commissioners' report is followed by appendices containing tables showing the number of workmen and labourers employed during the year, expenditure accounts, report by Messrs. Jessop and.Telford, weather reports, etc.

33x21cm. disbound. 44 pages. good clean condition. secured with a plastic spine binder. [Please see our storefront page for shipping information] the commissioners' report is followed by appendices containing tables showing the number of workmen and labourers employed during the year, expenditure accounts, weather reports, etc.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. A fine engraved topographic view. Colour not contemporary but finely and expertly executed. Excellent condition - circa 1850 . A splendid opportunity to acquire a fine original view .

Oblong 8vo. Multifolding ten coloured sections. Original linen backed colour printed pictorial paper boards, bevelled edges. Loss of linen to head and tail, boards rubbed and slightly chipped.

folio [34x20cm]. pp [i] 77. one or two spots of foxing, but generally very clean. bound in modern boards. very good condition. includes a finely engraved large folding hand-coloured map depicting the whole length of the intended canal, showing progress of work to April 1805; the only edition to contain this map. [please see our storefont page for shipping information].

4pp., foolscap 8vo, on two bifoliums. On aged and worn paper, with slight bloom at head and a little loss to spine from disbinding. The letter (2pp.) begins: 'Now for a twelvemonth the dues collected for the passage of Vessels through the Caledonian Canal have been progressively deposited in the Bank of Scotland at Inverness and Fortwilliam by the Collectors, upon deposit Receipts in the name of Mr Rickman and me.' The receipts amounting to £4200, and 'a certain Sum of Interest' having arisen, he conveys the instructions of the Canal's Commissioners, that a new account be opened in Edinburgh. The letter continues with further details, and is signed 'Ja Hope'. Accompanying the letter and 2pp. long, is a tabulated 'Schedule of Deposit Receipts of The Bank of Scotland, sent to the Bank to be placed to the Credit of the Commissioners for the Caledonian Canal', with the first entry dated 23 August 1824, and the last 19 December 1825. This lists 42 deposits made in Inverness and Fort William, with 'Dates', 'Days', 'Interest' and 'Sums'. The interest on the £4200 total is £68 13s 3d. Docketed 'Schedule of Deposit Receipts of the Bank of Scotland | Canal Dues.' Accompanying the document is a manuscript resolution, dated 'Bank of Scotland | 29 Decr 1835': 'The Sum of £4268. 13/3 is placed to Credit of Messrs Rickman & Hope, for Commrs for the Caledonian Canal. In Account with the Bank of Scotland - | A Y p Secy'. Also present are four lines of pencilled accounts.