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TRANSPORT HISTORY: VOLUME 4.
by DUCKHAM**, BARON F & HUME**, JOHN R - Edited by:
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- Hardcover
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- Near FINE./Near FINE.
- ISBN 10
- 0715354698
- ISBN 13
- 9780715354698
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UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,1st edn,1st thus.NFINE/NFINE.Ex-library copy.No owner inscrptn,minus ffe,but price-clipped dw/dj with CLWYD LIBRARY SERVICE stamp to recto of title-page - no other library stamps visible.Orange and white,b/w pictorial illustrated upper wrap dw/dj with minimal shelf-wear to edges with light creasing to bottom rear edge and no nicks or tears.Fore-edge bright and clean.Top edge coloured,with black ink line across the pages,near headband.Contents bright,tight and near pristine.Slate grey paper-covered boards with stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and plain white endpaperss.UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj, 1st edn thus,344pp includes b/w maps+drawings,24pp b/w photographs/ illus,references,book reviews,notes and indices(3). This is a bound volume of the original issue journal,'Transport History' published three times a year,containing the complete articles,book reviews and notes and news which appeared in the 3 issues of volume 4,the principal journal of its kind. Here is provided,in a convenient form,a wide range of interesting material of permanent value to all who are concerned with transport development in its manifold aspects.The book will be of particular use to those who do not usually see the separate issues of the journal immediately they appear. Among the varied selection of signed articles are many authoritative contributions in their fields.Longer papers include:'The Railways and Steamboat Competition in Early Victorian Britain';'Continuous Brakes - a vexed Question.How the Scottish Railways resolved it';'The Battle of the Manchester Railway junctions';'Beverley and its Beck; Borough Finance and a Town Navigation 1700-1835';'The Metropolis Roads Commission: an Attempt at Turnpike Trust Reform'; and 'Transport Problems of Glasgow West India Merchants during the American War of Independence 1775-83'. There is a full and varied crop of shorter papers and reviews of books and articles published in Britain and elsewhere.The 'Notes and News' section contains as usual items of interest to both scholar and enthusiast alike.See also rja917 and rja435.This edn is now out-of-print as the publisher ceased trading in the late 1980's. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the weight and the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!
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- R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY.
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- Seller's Inventory #
- rja1983
- Title
- TRANSPORT HISTORY: VOLUME 4.
- Author
- DUCKHAM**, BARON F & HUME**, JOHN R - Edited by:
- Illustrator
- illus with b/w illus and photographs.
- Format/Binding
- UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,1st edn,1st thus.
- Book Condition
- Used - Near FINE.
- Jacket Condition
- Near FINE.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,1st edn thus.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0715354698
- ISBN 13
- 9780715354698
- Publisher
- UK.NEWTON ABBOT,DEVON.DAVID & CHARLES,1972.
- Place of Publication
- Newton Abbot
- This edition first published
- 1972
- Keywords
- q52.GENERAL.UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,1st edn thus.ISBN 0715354698.Transport_railway history.Railway development.Trains_Victorian Britain.Scottish railways.Turnpike Trust reform.American War of Indepence._1775-83.Mnachester railway junctions.
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