Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Aged book. Tanned pages and age spots, however, this will not interfere with reading.
VG- first edition. Gives details of railways constructed in Hertfordshire and also of unsuccessful railway schemes. 80 pages of text, 3 page index, 1 page list of plates, 16 plates. White card covers with black lettering and illustrated front cover. Corrigenda slip loosely inserted. Very slight creasing around the edges of the covers but otherwise very good throughout.
Acceptable reading condition used 1978 First Edition Paperback, published by Hertfordshire Library Service in association with the Hertfordshire Local History Council, Hertford, UK. Author: F.G. Cockman. ISBN: 0901354112. Approx dims: 295mm h x 210mm w x 8mm d. Intact rubbed and creased condition pictorial covers with some signs of handling. Intact creased spine with some tears. 80 clean/ slightly off white pages of English text with some maps, facsimiles time tables, plus index and 15 b&w photo plates at the back of book, no inscriptions. NOTE: The inside pages have detached from the inside spine. Image shown is actual book for sale. Synopsis: ''In 1975 the 150th anniversary of the opening of the first public railway in Britain was celebrated. Railways are therefore part of our national history and form one chapter in the study of industrial archaeology or of social history. Each of the unbuilt railways is given a separate chapter with a heading giving the name of the engineer who plotted the route, the date and length. Altogether sixty lines were proposed but not built as compared with twenty which were successful, although most of the latter were absorbed sooner or later. A map is shown to represent the spread of the railway system at the end of each decade from 1831 to 1890.''
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