Description and condition:

Blue boards hardback, dustcover, 8vo, 221pp, index, chronology, b/w and colour illustrations.

Very good, bump to bottom corner, nice clean pages throughout. In good or better dustcover with very light sunning to spine, now protected.

Contents:

A splendid work of art and science: the early years; the peaceful revolution; Eugenius Birch: pier builder supreme; Victorian showpieces with pleasure in mind; success to the pier: pomp and extravagance; the race to build piers; a golden age begins; fifty little trades: seaside souvenirs; into the 20th century; spectacles of the saddest character: threats to piers; requisition and breaching: piers in wartime; music hall with salt: the end-of-the pier show