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The Harrow Railway Disaster 1952
by Coombs L F E
- Used
- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good+
- Seller
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Manchester, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Newton Abbot, Great Britain: David & Charles, 1984. Reprint . Buckram. Near Fine/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This is a 1984 reprint of a 1977 original. 8vo. 164 pages including detailed appendices and index. This is a comprehensive account of this major railway disaster and is well illustrated with maps, track plans and crisp black and white photographic plates. Previous owner's name with date neatly written at top corner of front end paper. In original rich red buckram gilt hard cover binding. Near Fine in Very Good+ pictorial dust wrapper which is somewhat sunned on the spine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Delph Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011261
- Title
- The Harrow Railway Disaster 1952
- Author
- Coombs L F E
- Format/Binding
- Buckram
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- David & Charles
- Place of Publication
- Newton Abbot, Great Britain
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- HARROW RAILWAYS RAILWAY DISASTER
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
Delph Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Delph Books
Biblio member since 2015
Manchester, Greater Manchester
About Delph Books
I have been dealing in books for over 40 years now, and I am a long standing member of the P.B.F.A. (Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association). I have a book room at home and regularly exhibit at fairs mainly in the North of England.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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....
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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