Levy Langfield (5 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 359pp. Illustrated throughout. Interesting topography reference literature. The book is in very good condition - overall clean and brightwith just a tad of light expected handling wear. It presents nicely on the shelf. PARROTT BOOKS - established for over 20 years offering a prompt friendly and efficient service.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 246pp, illustrated, adverts, bound in card covers spine chipped; Octavo.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. All books outside UK sent airmail. All books sent tracked. Paypal accepted. Illustrations also include a folding map of the Bristol Channel District and plans of Bristol, Weston - Super - Mare and Ilfracombe. Original colour pictorial covers. There is a tear on one leaf but overall this is an above average copy of a book not expected to last as long as it has. Illustrated with Two Hundred and Fifty Half Tone Illustrations (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. In overall very good condition, this travel guide was first published in 1893. Filled with great local adverts, fold out maps of the Bristol Channel, Ilfracombe and Weston Super Mare. Nicely illustrated covers now in a protective sleeve. A nice collectable item.

Condition: Very Good. 24th edition, 368pp, photographs in the text, adverts at front and back, folding map, two folding views & one map of Ilfracombe, paper wraps. The contents are a touch dog eared, the wraps are a little grubby & worn with a touch of loss to the head & foot of the spine. The start of the handbook is given over to general information and description of the steamers in the fleet, the remainder is a comprehensive topographical guide to the Bristol Channel ports and resorts - Bristol, Weston super Mare, Ilfracombe, Minehead, Cardiff, Newport etc. For over 50 years Campbell's 'White Funnel Fleet' paddle steamers were to be seen proudly plying the Bristol Channel but by the end of the 1950s the excursion trade was in terminal decline and the company went into receivership in 1959. It was sold as a going concern and limped on with two steamers until the mid-1960s when they were replaced by motor vessels. The final end came in the early 1980s. On of the earliest guides we have had.…