Author: William Chambers
Title: About Railways
Description: London and Edinburgh, W. & R. Chambers, 1865. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this charming mid nineteenth century guide to the workings of the railways of Great Britain. A scarce first edition.The work of Scottish publisher and politician William Chamber, who published this work via his own publishing house, W. & R. Chambers, which he ran with his younger brother, Robert.This concise, informative work, describes rolling stock, traffic, ticketing, construction, railway statistics, and other aspects of the workings of the railways, and concluding with 'a glance at foreign and colonial railways&apos.With a vignette illustration.Undated; dated 1865 via the British Library.With an index to the rear. In the publisher's original cloth binding. A touch of shelf wear to back strip tail, otherwise externally excellent. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages age toned due to paper type, but clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

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