150 Years Of Main Line Railways by Nock, O S - 1980

Newton Abbot: David & Charles. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 1980. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 191 pp. .

Hardback. Very Good.

DAVID CHARLES, 1980-01-01. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Good.

150 Years of Main Line Railways by O.S. Nock. This issue published by Book Club Associates in 1980. Detailing the history of the main line railways across the country and its impacts. A book in very good condition throughout. Plenty of black and white plates to illustrate the types of train used over the 150 years

London: BCA. Very Good +/Very Good +. 1980. Re-issue. Hard Cover. 8vo 0715378813 Dust jacket complete, unclipped. Original cloth boards with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership marks. 191 pages clean and tight. The Liverpool & Manchester Railway, opened 150 years ago and marked by celebrations in the 'Rocket 150' spectacular in May 1980, was the first Inter-City railway in the world, intended to carry passengers in large numbers in addition to freight. The conception of a main line all-purpose railway was indeed Britain's gift to the world, and in this book O S Nock traces the story of its development up to the time when railways were the preeminent means of travel on land. But from a time that roughly coincided with the end of World War I a recession gradually set in, with the improvement and rapid development of other means of transport. In Great Britain some conservatism in management outlook, and statutory regulations, framed in a different era, hindered the… Read More

David & Charles, 1980. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. hardback, 8vo, a very good tightly bound copy in a very good pictorial dust wrapper that has faded slightly to spine, signature of a previous owner to front free endpaper, b&w plates, 192pp.

BCA, 1980. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. hardback, 8vo, a very good tightly bound copy in a very good pictorial dust wrapper that has mild spotting to flaps, details of a previous owner to front pastedown, b&w plates, 192pp.

London England: Book Club Assiociates. Very Good/Good. 1980. Reprint. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo 0715378813 Hardback Hardcover. First Edition. 150 Years of Mainline Railways. Tear to top edge of spine of D/J. Contents: Preface. The Birth of Main Line Railways. Expansion - Maestoso or Mania. Growing Pains. The Scottish Network. Prolioferation - Heightening the Competition. An Outburst of Speeding. The Age of Pre-Eminence. Inception and Development in Ireland. World War I and its Sequel. The Fight to Modernise - Railways Versus the Statute Book. World War II - Greatest Task Ever. Ebb Tide - Nationalisation. Modernisation - GO-STOP-GO!. Into the High Speed Age. Britain's Gift to the World. Bibliography. Index. Illustrated. 191 pp. (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 Educational Reference Literature.) .

Great Britain: David & Charles. Very Good/Good. 1980. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo 0715378813 Hardback Hardcover. First Edition. 150 Years of Mainline Railways. Tear to top edge of spine of D/J. Contents: Preface. The Birth of Main Line Railways. Expansion - Maestoso or Mania. Growing Pains. The Scottish Network. Prolioferation - Heightening the Competition. An Outburst of Speeding. The Age of Pre-Eminence. Inception and Development in Ireland. World War I and its Sequel. The Fight to Modernise - Railways Versus the Statute Book. World War II - Greatest Task Ever. Ebb Tide - Nationalisation. Modernisation - GO-STOP-GO!. Into the High Speed Age. Britain's Gift to the World. Bibliography. Index. Illustrated. 191 pp. (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 Educational Reference Literature.) .

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