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The Ladybird Book of British Railway Locomotives
by Joiner, D.L. ( Text )
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Wills & Hepworth Ltd, Loughborough, England, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. Illustrated endpapers, being a blue and white bee design, reproduced multiple times. The text is illustrated with 46 coloured photographs of various British Railway locomotives, photographs supplied by British Railways. The first two locomotives described are B. R. Standard Class 7 4-6-2 No. 70000 'Britannia' and B. R. Standard Class 8 4-6-2 No 71000 'Duke of Gloucester'. Buff coloured boards with green coloured vignette of a train, ( front cover shows train coming from the right side). Green coloured titles to the front panel and spine. Colour illustrated dustwrapper with black coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. A small book on British Railway locomotives, put out by The Ladybird -- book series. Series 584. Softening to the backstrip edges and to the book corners. Rubbing of the book edges with faint foxing to the textblock edges. A previous owner has clipped the lower quarter of the page following the free front end page. Chipping to the dustwrapper corners and backstrip edges. Rubbing of the panels with staining and some staining also visible. Browning to the verso of the dustwrapper. This is the first UK edition. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). 60, [1] pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Railways; Transport; Inventory No: 0118344. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0118344
- Title
- The Ladybird Book of British Railway Locomotives
- Author
- Joiner, D.L. ( Text )
- Illustrator
- Photographic
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Wills & Hepworth Ltd
- Place of Publication
- Loughborough, England
- Date Published
- 1958
- Keywords
- BZDB2 British Railway Locomotives, Younger Readers -- Locomotives -- British, Ladybird Book -- Series -- 584 Railways; Transport; Photographic Unbranded Joiner, D.L. ( Text ) The Ladybird Book of British Railway Locomotives
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Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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