The Great Western Railway in West Cornwall de Bennett, Alan - 1988

Paperback. Very Good.

Southampton: Kingfisher Railway Productions, 1988. Very Good. Southampton: Kingfisher Railway Productions, 1988. First Edition. Signed. Quarto (27x22x0.5cm); 80pp. Ninety-four B&W reproductions of documentary photographs, maps, timetables, and railway ephemera. Photographic card wrappers. Card wrappers show some touches of shelfwear at edges and a bit of sunning near the card spine, which is uncracked. Textblock unmarred and unmarked apart from author's signature on verso of front cover. In addition to its primary goal of providing historical information on the rail system itself, the volume is, as a corollary, an industrial, mercantile, and touristic review of the evolution of the Cornwall peninsula in the 19th century. The railway was the enzyme that transformed it from a far-off Land's End to a serviceable and visitable part of Britain, connecting Penzance (as in "Pirates of . . . ") to London itself.

Southampton: Kingfisher Railway Productions., 1988. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 96 pages, 430g. Pictorial soft covers FINE. Illustrated with b/w photoraphs, drawings and track plans..

Southampton : Kingfisher Railway Productions, 1988. First Edition. Softcover. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 80 p. : ill., maps, facsims, plans ; 28 cm. Subjects; Great Western Railway (Great Britain). Great Western Railway. Great Western Railway (Great Britain) History. Cornwall (England : County). West Cornwall Railway services Great Western Railway. West Cornwall Railways Great Western Railway. Railroads; history.

Kingfisher Rlwy.Prodns., 1988-03-01. Paperback. Like New. 0.7614 cent in x 26.9036 cent in x 21.3198 cent in.