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Tickets Please! . A Nostalgic Journey Through Railway Station Life
by Atterbury, Paul
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New in Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0715324144
- ISBN 13
- 9780715324141
- Seller
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Carmarthen, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Wiltshire: David & Charles. As New in Fine dust jacket. 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. 0715324144 . Laminated pictorial boards with matching pictorial dustjacket, which is not price-clipped. There is very slight creasing to the top and bottom of the dustjacket spine, otherwise there are NO Inscriptions or other Marks. 256 pp. Illustrated with b/w and colour photographs. Index; Acknowledgements. Overall, this is an Excellent, Very Clean, Tight and Bright, Near 'As New' copy. "This is a winning mix of railway and social history, all brought to life by wonderful photographs and illustrations, many never seen before. It features long-lost tiny rural stations and halts as well as those that still serve bustling market towns and big cities. It shows the stations themselves, and fascinating photographs of the people who inhabited them, such station masters, signalmen and the passengers, from businessmen to families. It includes an insight into areas such as station advertising and toy stations - topics that capture the imagination and our sense of fun. A variety of special feature spreads include: stations and animals, great disasters, station clocks, gardens, station art and stations in films. Each chapter also includes a 'Wish You Were Here! ' spread displaying old postcards of the stations. "; 4to 11" - 13" tall .
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- Bookseller
- Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 111512
- Title
- Tickets Please! . A Nostalgic Journey Through Railway Station Life
- Author
- Atterbury, Paul
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New in Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0715324144
- ISBN 13
- 9780715324141
- Publisher
- David & Charles
- Place of Publication
- Wiltshire
- Date Published
- 2006
- Keywords
- 0715324144, A Nostalgic Journey Through Railway Station Life;, Tickets Please!; Paul Atterbury;, Steam Trains; British Railways; Steam Locomotives;, Railways During The War; The Blitz; Second World War;
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Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
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About the Seller
Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
Biblio member since 2006
Carmarthen
About Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
Retired Member of the P.B.F.A, and the WBA. In business for 42+ years to date, mainly working from home nowadays, and formerly exhibiting at Major London Book Fairs, and some Provincial ones within reach of the M4! View by Appointment ONLY Please, as I may be unavailable on the day you call. Happy to see customers but they have to be able to squeeze through the book aisles/piles! Unfortunately no wheelchair access. Currently only working part-time.
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