THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF RAILWAYS.
by MORRISS, RICHARD:
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- ISBN 10
- 0752414305
- ISBN 13
- 9780752414300
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UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,but price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,scenic colour photographic illustrated upper wrap with white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to corners - no nicks or tears present - head+foot of spine/backstrip minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top+fore-edges bright and clean, contents bright,tight and pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Bright,clean,publisher's original,plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,Qrto 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,4- 192pp [paginated] includes contents+illus lists/tables,preface,Pts 1-3 comprising 14 chapters,profuse contemporary b/w photographs throughout the text and the book,16pp colour scenic photographs between pp96/7,glossary,gazetteer,bibliography and an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages. Ever since the Beeching 'Axe' of the early 1960's the skills of the industrial archaeologist have been increasingly needed to reconstruct the history of railways in Britain.Having set the subject in its historical framework,Richard Morriss looks systematically at the different types of evidence from the past that the amateur can find in the field.He first looks at the remains of civil engineering - from earthworks and the track,bridges,viaducts and tunnels,to the wide range of hybrid and rope-hauled railways.He then examines railway architecture,whether stations or all the ancillary buildings such as engine sheds and signal boxes. Complete with a full glossary,a gazetteer of key sites (ranging from the Isle of Wight to Inverness) and a fine range of unfamiliar illustrations,this is a book that will appeal both to archaeologists and to railway enthusiasts. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the weight/value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!
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- R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY. (GB)
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- Title
- THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF RAILWAYS.
- Author
- MORRISS, RICHARD:
- Illustrator
- illus with contemporary b/w photoraphs and colour scenic photographs.
- Format/Binding
- UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
- Book Condition
- Used - FINE.
- Jacket Condition
- FINE.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0752414305
- ISBN 13
- 9780752414300
- Publisher
- UK.STROUD,GLOS.TEMPUS PUBLISHING LTD.,1999.
- Place of Publication
- Stroud
- This edition first published
- 1999
- Keywords
- q52.GENERAL.UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.ISBN 0752414305.Railway architecture_archaeology.British Industrial Archaeology.Civil engineering_earthworks_cuttings_embankments_railway tracks_bridges_viaducts_tunnels.Railway stations_ancillary buildings_marshalling
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