BELL, A. MORTON

Locomotives their construction, maintenance and operation 2 volumes

London, Virtue. 1950, Seventh Edition. Hardcover. Book, 2 volumes, drawings, fold-outs. Misbound, so first 8 pp, are missing. and ch. 9 is in twice pp 201-216 Size: 4to. Very Good.

Global Village BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 321568

Catalogue: Automobiles & Vehicles

Keywords: Locomotives,

BELL Arthur Morton

Locomotives. Their Construction, Maintenance and Operation. With Notes on Electric, Internal Combustion and other Forms of Motive Power. With a Foreword by A.C. Carr. Fourth Edition. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Virtue, 1937. 2 vols., sm. folio, Fourth Edition, with coloured frontispieces (one folding), titles in red and black, and very numerous photographs, illustrations and diagrams (a number folding and several coloured or part-coloured), tiny uniform signature on front free endpapers; original burgundy cloth, upper boards blocked in blind, gilt backs, upper board of first volume a little scuffed, joints lightly rubbed, backstrips chafed at heads and tails else a very good, bright, clean copy. Bright, clean copy of a standard and hightly detailed reference. Ottley 2790 (recording the first edition).

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Book number: 47386

Catalogue: Transport0

Keywords: transport, railways, rail, locomotives, arthur morton bell

A. Morton Bell; W. J. Bell [Revised]

Locomotives: Their Construction, Maintenance and Operation

London, Virtue & Company, 1937 . Cloth. The charmingly illustrated two volume fourth edition of A. Morton Bell's fascinating history of the construction, maintenance and operation of locomotives. The fourth edition of this work, revised and updated by W. J. Bell.Illustrated with colour frontispieces, one of which is folding, and further vignette diagrams, illustrations, and photographs.Collated, complete.Much of the material was initially recorded in articles which first appeared in the 'Locomotive' magazine.With discussion of combustion, fuel, maintenance, repairs, enginemen, valves, cylinders, and superheating. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Boards bright. Significant rubbing to back strip heads and tails and joints. Head of rear joint of volume II starting, with board tenderly held. Remaining hinges strained, with boards slightly tender. Rear free endpaper of volume I tenderly held. Internally, firmly bound. One diagram has been hand coloured by a prior owner. Pages bright and generally clean, with instances of light spotting. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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Book number: 944F8

Catalogue: Art & Architecture

Keywords: Locomotives trains railways steam trains trains Not Stated