'Twixt Rail & Sea: A Book of Docks, Seaports, and Shipping for Boys of All Ages

W. G. Chapman

Verlag: H. N. Appleby, Ltd., London, 1971

Beschreibung

A smart facsimile reprint of this scarce work from Great Western Railway for young boys to learn about rail and sea. Facsimile reprint. Originally published 1927. Scarce work. With eighty-four illustrations. Published by the Great Western Railway in their "Boys of All Ages" series, this informative book provides information on docks, seaports, and shipping. Its important to remember that when the work was originally written, Great Western Railway was the owner of the largest dock system in the world with three quarters of the traffic being for coal. Written by Walter George Chapman, a British writer and rail enthusiast. In the original brown cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor wear only. Original price-clipped dust wrapper is also smart with light wear to the extremities. Minor sunning to the spine with the odd small mark to the panels. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Near Fine. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 901T31

Bibliografische Details

Titel: 'Twixt Rail & Sea: A Book of Docks, Seaports...

Verlag: H. N. Appleby, Ltd., London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1971

Einband: Cloth

Illustrator: Not Stated

Zustand: Near Fine

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good Indeed

Art des Buches: book