BRIEF GLORY: THE STORY OF A QUEST. By D.W. Morgan.
Morgan (D.W.).
Published by The Brython Press. Liverpool. 1948
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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1948). 1948 1st edition. 8vo (140 x 220mm). Ppxviii,299. B/w photograph plates and illustrations, map end-papers. Red cloth, spine titled in black. Slight browning but very good in dust-wrapper. This is a valuable history of the ships, builders and ship owners of Aberdovey, Borth and the Dovey estuary, many good pictures of not otherwise well-known vessels. Mainly schooners but also brigs and brigantines, and one early barquentine. The author gives a detailed account of the geography and economy of the Dovey including accounts of local life, voyages, building costs of several ships and a list of all vessels built locally between 1840 and 1880. The account closes with the arrival of the railway, when all trade by sea ceased. . Seller Inventory # 18190
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Title: BRIEF GLORY: THE STORY OF A QUEST. By D.W. ...
Publisher: The Brython Press. Liverpool. 1948
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition