The Railway Barons by Mountfield, David - 1979

Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W., 1980. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated, 1980 Very clean.. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good+.

New York. 1979. Norton. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0393013251. 224 pages. hardcover. The jacket illustration shows a print of two early steam engines, the Fury and the Liverpool, used on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway in 1831. keywords: History America . FROM THE PUBLISHER - The Industrial Revolution of the nineteenth century is one of the great watersheds in world history, Of all the achievements of that remarkable era, none was greater than the building of the railroads. This book chronicles that story, focusing on the so - called railway barons - hard-thrusting entrepreneurs who covered the world with a web of iron and steel. Often of humble origin, these men displayed a drive and ambition that won them fame and fortune and sometimes hatred. David Mountfield begins by describing the railway mania that swept Great Britain, Europe, and the United States from the 1830s onward, and then charts the careers of six entrepreneurs whose achievements really justify the title… Read More

W.W. Norton & Company, 1979. First Edition, First American ed. hardcover. fine/fine. NOT an ex library book. 224 pages including the index. Dust jacket has no chips or tears, price is not clipped.

New York: W. W. Norton. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1979. First American Edition. Hardcover. 0393013251 . Hardcover with dustjacket. First American edition. Black boards, clean and sharp. Protected, unclipped, dustjacket is bright and clean, minimal wear to edges. Book is firm in binding, half-title and title pages are uncut. 224 pp. Including index. Free of any markings, not ex-library. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .