Castles to Warships On the Great Western Footplate by Gardner, Jack - 1986

London: John Murray, 1986. (viii) + 245pp., b/white halftone plate endpapers (different), plus an unpaginated, like illustrated photographic section. Book clean and square. Spine firm, bright gilt title there-on. Boards lightly bumped and very lightly faded on foot. Leaves clean. Pictorially-illustrated dustjacket nominally edgeworn. Jack Gardner was a footplateman on British Rail, whose duties took him from steam locomotives to diesels and on to the High Speed Train. For railway enthusiasts, this is an interesting account of a British railwayman who began as an engine cleaner at Worcester in 1936. Contents include: Prelims., 12 chapters, Appendices x 5, Index. Book weight approx. 554g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good +/Very Good.