Narrow Boat

L. T. C. Rolt

Verlag: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1944

Beschreibung

First Edition Narrow Boat is a book about life on the English canals written by L. T. C. Rolt. Originally published in 1944 by Eyre & Spottiswoode, it has continuously been in print since. It describes a four-month trip that Rolt took with his bride Angela at the outbreak of the Second World War. The book is credited with a revival of interest in the English canals, leading directly to the creation of the Inland Waterways Association, which spearheaded the restoration and leisure use of the canals. Originally rejected by all the London publishers and an agent to whom he offered it. It wasn't until 1943 that his friendship with H. J. Massingham gave him the introduction he needed to get it published, in 1944. The book arrived at the right time to a nation growing weary of war. It was well-reviewed, and it was not long before the first printing sold out, although with the shortage of paper at the end of the war a new printing had to wait for some months. Sir Compton Mackenzie described it as "an elegy of classic restraint unmarred by any trace of sentiment". Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 001

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Narrow Boat

Verlag: Eyre & Spottiswoode

Erscheinungsdatum: 1944

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Fine

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine

Auflage: 1st Edition