Palaces on Wheels: Royal Carriages at the National Railway Museum. by Jenkinson, David & Gwen Townend - 1981

Stationery Office, The. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

London: HMSO, 1981. Book. Very Good+. Pictorial Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Royal carriages at the National Railway Museum. From almost the earliest days of the fully mechanised railway, members of the British Royal Family have been inveterate train travellers - none more so than Queen Victoria. However, it was for her aunt, the Dowager Queen Adelaide, widow of William IV, that the first genuine royal saloon was provided. The preservation of this vehicle began a process, uninterrupted until the present day, that has conserved the principal railway saloons of all subsequent British monarchs and their families. It has resulted in the British National Railway Museum at York becoming the custodian of the largest, finest and most varied collection of royal railway vehicles anywhere in the world. Between Queen Adelaide's saloon and the 'modern' saloons of 1941 stand some ten other preserved vehicles of royal status or with royal associations, spanning a century of… Read More

London: HMSO, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. 1st edition. 205 x 205mm. Pp 64 with colour and monochrome halftone illus throughout. Glazed printed paper on boards. Very good without dust-jacket.

Hardback. Very Good.

Hardback. Good.

Stationery Office, The. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1981. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN:0112903665

Stationery Office Books, 1981-07. Hardcover. Good.

National Railway Museum, GB, 1981. Softcover. Good.

London:: Her Majesty's Stationery Office,. Very Good. 1981. Hardcover. 0112903665 . Color and black and white photographs throughout. First edition. Very good in glossy pictorial boards. No dust jacket.; 64 pages .