Spell of Steam
by Treacy, Eric
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 1854224697
- ISBN 13
- 9781854224699
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Wigston, Leicester: Magna Books, 1982 Book. As New. Hardcover. Reprint. 4to. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 208 pp, Railway Atmosphere; The Great 20th Century CMEs; Famous Expresses; The Waverley Route; Weekend in Paris; 'Golden Arrow'; BR Standard Locomotives; Hills of the North; Freight/1; Glasgow and South Western; Sheds; Stations; Freight/2; Changing Scene at Edinburgh Waverley; Some Tank Engines; Castles and Kings; Some 4-4-Os; Up the Hill from Kings Cross; Loverpool; Streamline Era; Carlisle: Border City; Leeds: Railway Capital of West Riding; Over the Border; Private Enterprise; Keighley and Worth Valley; The Flying Scontman; Bluebell Railway; North Yorkshire Moors; Severn Valley; Tyseley; King George V at Hereford; Steamtown, Carnforth; Bahamas Society, Dinting; A4 Society with b&w illustrations throughout. Reprinted, 1982. "Written and photographed by a bishop of the Church of England, hailed as the master of railway photographers, this volume assembles Treacy's personal selection of his finest photographs. Including the preserved railways, providing living memory of the spell which steam exerted until its demise and photographs from all over England, an age that the preservation moment is trying to keep alive lives on" from the jacket flap. Not Price Clipped. Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or Marginalia. Color pictorial lamenated boards..
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003504
- Title
- Spell of Steam
- Author
- Treacy, Eric
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Edition
- Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 1854224697
- ISBN 13
- 9781854224699
- Publisher
- Magna Books
- Place of Publication
- Wigston, Leicester
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- TRANSPORTATION HISTORY BRITISH RAILWAYS' TRAINS STEAM LOCOMOTIVES RAILWAY PHOTOGRAPHERS TREACY ERIC
- Bookseller catalogs
- TRANSPORTATION;
- Size
- 4to
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Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Reprint
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- Jacket
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