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THE RAILWAY HERITAGE OF BRITAIN: 150 Years of Railway Architecture and Engineering / Gordon Biddle and O. S. Nock / With Other Contributors
by Biddle, Gordon; and Nock, O. S
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0718123557
- ISBN 13
- 9780718123550
- Seller
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Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Michael Joseph, (1983).. (1983).. Fine. - Quarto, brown cloth titled in gilt on the spine, in a dust wrapper. The covers are lightly bumped. The dust jacket is rubbed & a price sticker has been removed from the front flap. 270 pages. The fore-edge is lightly foxed. Profusely illustrated in color & black & white. Near fine. <p>First edition.
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5752
- Title
- THE RAILWAY HERITAGE OF BRITAIN: 150 Years of Railway Architecture and Engineering / Gordon Biddle and O. S. Nock / With Other Contributors
- Author
- Biddle, Gordon; and Nock, O. S
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0718123557
- ISBN 13
- 9780718123550
- Publisher
- London: Michael Joseph, (1983).
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- (1983).
- Keywords
- TRANSPORTATION; RAILROADS; RAILWAYS; BRITISH; BRITAIN; STATIONS; TRAIN STATIONS; TRAINS; BRIDGES; ARCHITECTURE; ENGINEERING; HISTORY OF RAILROADS; GORDON BIDDLE; O. S. NOCK; THE RAILWAY HERITAGE OF BRITAIN; ILLUSTRATIONS; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.
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Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Payment with order from individuals. Items are offered subject to prior sale. All purchases are subject to your approval, returnable within 10 days. New York State residents please add sales tax to your purchases. All items are guaranteed authentic and as described.
About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Biblio member since 2003
Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Fine
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- Quarto
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- 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...
- 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....
- Jacket
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