9780688006365 - The Illustrated History of British Railways: von Allen, Geoffrey Freeman (4 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. 1st. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good+. First Edition. (w/dj)A clean tightly bound hardcover copy. Unmarked, gently read, showing gentle head and foot wear to the spine and edges of the dust jacket and lightly bumped corners. A really nice copy overall.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. Copiously illustrated and authoratitive, this is an exploration of railroading from the earliest locomotives to the modern high-speed trains of Japan and France. It is enriched throughout with anecdotes of railroad construction and operation. Of very special interest are the ways in which engineering problems were solved during the building of some of the earliest bridges, the transcontinental railroad in North America, and the tunnels under the Alps. This book examines in depth the spread of rail networks throughout the world, the development of locomotive construction, as well as the changing demands for passenger comforts. This book also assesses the strengths, the weaknesses, and the future role of subway, commuter, and interurban lines. The financial considerations of running a modern railway are explained and illustrated graphically. Illustrated. Very slight foxing to end pages. Very slight shelf wear to edge of D/J.We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.).

Zustand: Very good.