Steam was my Calling
by Beavor, E.S
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0711004919
- ISBN 13
- 9780711004917
- Seller
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Chester, Cheshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Shepperton: Ian Allan, 1974. 1st Edition. Hardback. As New/Very Good. 188. Ian Allan & Co. Ltd., Shepperton, 1974. Hardback. Condition: As NEw. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. First Edition. STEAM WAS MY CALLING. E. S. Beavor. Ian Allan & Co Ltd., Shepperton 1974 First Edition ISBN 0711004919 184pp Illustrated Hardback. This unread copy is bound in cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine, tight, white, bright and square. The unclipped dust (£3.50)wrapper is in very good condition. Small neat owner's inscription on pastedown behind DJ flap. A memoir of one man's involvement with steam engines commencing with his apprenticeship with the L.N.E.R locomotive works and then his time as a REME officer working on the railways of India in the last years before partition followed by his time as a Locomotive Shed Master with Southern Railway. Almost all the photographs are from the author's own collection and published here for the first time. Ref V3 Size: 184pp
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- Bookseller
- TheDevaBookshop.com
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 200064
- Title
- Steam was my Calling
- Author
- Beavor, E.S
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0711004919
- ISBN 13
- 9780711004917
- Publisher
- Ian Allan
- Place of Publication
- Shepperton
- Date Published
- 1974
- Size
- 188
- Keywords
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