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Great Western at Swindon Works
by Peck, Alan S
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0860931773
- ISBN 13
- 9780860931775
- Seller
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nr Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Shepperton, UK: Oxford Publishing Company, 1998. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 278pp, illustrated throughout with black and white photographs and diagrams. Green cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has some shelf wear, light chipping to top edge, price unclipped. A large and heavy volume which will require an additional charge for overseas delivery. 4to. Looks at the life and times, over 150 years, of GWR's largest single asset, its fortunes and misfortunes through the years.
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- Bookseller
- BookAddiction
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006675
- Title
- Great Western at Swindon Works
- Author
- Peck, Alan S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0860931773
- ISBN 13
- 9780860931775
- Publisher
- Oxford Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Shepperton, UK
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- railways, locomotives, trains, lines, British Rail, BR, GNR
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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