Author: Douglas, Hugh
Title: Crossing the Forth
Description: London, Robert Hale Ltd. 1964, First; first, Hardcover. . Boards tight and straight, inner pages unmarked. Label remnant to front free endpaper. 12 pp. B&W photos,2 maps. Dust jacket is price-intact, now protected in archival quality cover. A fascinating social history culminating in the 1964 complettion of the Forth Road Bridge, at the time, the greatest civil engineering feat in Britain, and the climax of 800 years of effort to provide convenient crossings of the country's most formidable hindrance to communication. ; 191 pages. Fine in Very Good dust jacket.

Keywords: COLLECTIBLES TRANSPORTATION GEOGRAPHY SCOTLAND QUEEN'S FERRY FIRTH FORT BRIDGES


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