1st edition. 4to iv+ 328pp. in Good condition. Cover shows some wear but is intact. Spine is worn with some fading & discolouration. Minor shelf knock bottom of spine. Contents slight browning to title, first page loose at punch holes. Blue hardback cloth cover. Contents good but ring folder has minimal rusting to rings. Numerous bw photo illustrations + full page colour maps. Publisher's original blue cloth covers with black lettering on front, white printed paper label on spine. A nice copy of this first edition. The binding is a cloth ring binder. The blue boards are pretty clean, but the spine is heavily faded. It also has brown staining to the spine only (see photograph). Internally, the book is genreally clean and tidy. There is some slight darkening of the ring area of the first two pages only from the ring binder flap. The book has ring binding with three holes punched to secure the pages. Full of both maps and with views along the coast line this is a very good example of the charts and maps. English Channel Handbook Ramsgate to Scilly Isles Dunkerque to Douarnenez Author J A, Vice Admiral Edgell Publisher Hydrographic Department of the Admiralty \nPublished 1943 - Weight: 3.3 pounds
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