The Locomotives of Sir Nigel Gresley by Nock, OS / with a Foreword By OV Bulleid - 1946

London: The Railway Publishing Co. Ltd, 1946. CX1 - A 2nd printing hardcover book in fair condition in poor dust jacket. Dust jacket worn, torn, and discolored. Book has some cover edgewear, bumped corners, previous owner's info stamped and written on the front fixed endpaper, front free endpaper missing, lightly loose hinge, light tanning and shelf wear. WIth a foreword by O.V. Bulleid. 8.25"x5.5", 180 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Fair/Poor. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Longmans, Green & Co, 1946. Hardcover. Good. 1946. Second Impression. 180 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Contains black and white illustrations. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Light bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Book has noticeable forward lean. Boards are slightly bowed.

Hardback. Acceptable.

Hardback. Very Good.

The Railway Publishing Co., 1946. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1946. Second Impression. 181 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Prize plate stuck to front pastedown. Hinges are slightly cracked with exposed netting. Clean pages and illustrations with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Moderate tape marks to pastedowns and back hinge. Tightly bound with faint thumb marking throughout. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Gilt lettering is darkened. Minor sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Book has a moderate forward lean. Visible wear marks to boards.

London: The Railway Publishing Co.. 181pp., b/w illus. Dustwrapper edge-worn and a little grubby. Some foxing to outer edges of text block o/w very good, contents clean and unmarked. Signed by the author to front endpaper. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 2nd Impression. 1946.

London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1946. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 182 pages. 355g. Green cloth boards rubbed to extremities, Very Good. No d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs. A reprint of the book first published 1945 which began as a series of articles by the author which appeared in Railway Magazine 1941 onwards, with a forward by O. V. Bullied..

London, UK: The Railway Publishing Co, 1946. 2nd Impression. Hardcover. Good/Fair. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 182pp. Green cloth-covered thin boards, gilt titles on spine. Bumped spine ends. Cocked. Prelim pages foxing. Otherwise, internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket protected with a 'supasleeve', has some loss at top front and spine head, shelf wear, chipping to edges, price unclipped. 8vo. Compiled from articles appearing in The Railway Magazine 1941, 1942, 1943, with many new illustrations from photographs, and some revisions and additions. Produced to War Economy Standard. With a foreword by O V Bulleid.

The Railway Publishing CO. Ltd / Longmans Greens and Co. Ltd , 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. With a foreword by O.V. Bulleid, Chief Mechanical Engineer. Signed by previous owner. Heavy Book may require extra postage unless posted within South Africa. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed, small creases and edge worn. Tightly bound and presented beautifully in cellophane. The text within the book is clear. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

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