PACIFIC STEAM: THE BRITISH PACIFIC LOCOMOTIVE.

UK,slim,small 8vo HB+protected dw/dj,(ex-library) 1st edn.[Ex-School Library.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn per se,but a Comprehensive School Library's inked,oval stamp with numerical notation to title page and library docket pasted to rear pastedown - no other library marks/ notation present,and price-clip to protected dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy laminated,montage'd monochrome photographic illustrated panels of protected dw/dj,with green and b/w lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore- edges generally bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine (library marks excepted) - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread (no noted withdrawals to library docket!) - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain green speckled cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and clean plain white endpapers.Sellotape 'ghost' residue from dw/dj to lower edges of both front+rear boards; plus 'ghost' residue to both vertical fore-edges of both pastedowns and their respective lower edges.UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,(ex-lib) 1st edn,v-viipp+1-80pp [paginated] includes a foreword, contents list/table,author's preface,an introduction,7 chapters,profuse archive b/w locomotive photographs and tables I-V interspersed throughout the text and the book; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages.
The first Pacific locomotive was built in the United States in 1886,but it was not until 22 years later that a Pacific engine was seen in Britain.This was 'The Great Bear',designed by Mr. G.J. Churchward,and first put into service in 1908.Since then more than 400 Pacific locomotives have been constructed in England,and the author tells the fascinating story of the many different types.He compares their dimensions and their performance on the track,writing on the subject with authority and with an obvious affection for the steam locomotive.The foreword has been contributed by Mr. R. A. Riddles,formerly full-time member of the Railway Executive responsible for mechanical and electrical engineering, and President of the Institute of Locomotive Engineers in 1950-51. He says of the book: "The author,in his interesting study of the Pacific locomotive, has recorded a most valuable history of their development,trials,troubles and successes." Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices, weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too!
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