Author: CHAMBERLIN, RUSSELL; GARRATT, COLIN; HILLMORE, PETER; HOGGART, SIMON; REYNOLDS, STANLEY; WEBSTER, LYN; WOOD, MICHAEL.
Title: Great Little Railways.
Description: First Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. 206; 16 pages of coloured plates, text illustrated with numerous b/w. photographs, several maps, notes, picture credits, index, bound in original blue cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket, very good copy. London; British Broadcasting Corporation; 1984. Narrow-gauge railways originated in the slate quarries of North Wales in the nineteenth century. They were subsequently built in other parts of the world, either to serve remote and inaccessible places and to push colonial railways into frontier territory. The book tells the story of some of these charming, anachronistic railways, explores the landscapes and introduces us to some of the people that use and run them.
Keywords: railways trains rail
Title: Great Little Railways.
Description: First Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. 206; 16 pages of coloured plates, text illustrated with numerous b/w. photographs, several maps, notes, picture credits, index, bound in original blue cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket, very good copy. London; British Broadcasting Corporation; 1984. Narrow-gauge railways originated in the slate quarries of North Wales in the nineteenth century. They were subsequently built in other parts of the world, either to serve remote and inaccessible places and to push colonial railways into frontier territory. The book tells the story of some of these charming, anachronistic railways, explores the landscapes and introduces us to some of the people that use and run them.
Keywords: railways trains rail
Price: AUD 25.00 = appr. US$ 17.30 Seller: Time Booksellers
- Book number: 111257
- Book number: 111257