Description and condition: Blue boards hardback, dustcover, 8vo, 144 pp., index, bibliography, b/w and colour illustrations. Very good or better with nice bright clean pages throughout. In very good, clipped, dustcover. Contents: The Bristol channel; voyages of discovery; for Queen, King and parliament; privateers, pirates and profits; port imperial - Bristol in the 19th century; the tall ships of Avon; life on the river; storm and tempest; the port of Bristol at war (1914-1945); end or beginning? |