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Rare and modern books

The Editor

Opening of Water Grove Reservoir, Rochdale 1938

Rochdale Corporation Waterworks, 1938

75.00 €

Godley Books

(Hyde, United Kingdom)

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Year of publication
1938
Place of printing
Rochdale
Author
The Editor
Publishers
Rochdale Corporation Waterworks
Size
7.5 x 4.5 inches
Edition
First Edition
Keyword
Water Supply, Lancashire,
Binding description
Leather
Dust jacket
No
State of preservation
Very Good
Languages
English
Binding
Hardcover
Inscribed
No
First edition
Yes

Description

No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with slightly rubbed boards and no bumping to corners. Clear gilt lettering/embossing to leather covers Large fold-out map/statistics at rear on linen reinforced paper in perfect condition. 24pp. Leather bound booklet published to commemmorate the opening of Rochdale's main water supply reservoir by Alderman T Elvyn Kershaw, Chairman of the Waterworks Committee in 1938. Includes description and statistics of construction, the history of Water Supply in Rochdale plus photographs and diagrams showing the construction process. Extremely scarce.