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TRAIN CATCHER: Adventures of a Rail Traveller
by Taylor, Colin
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0908876947
- ISBN 13
- 9780908876945
- Seller
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Korumburra, Victoria, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Smithfield, N.S.W. & Wellington, N.Z.: IPL Books, 1996. 448pp., intext, candid and historic b/w half-tone illustrations throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm, leaves clean. Pictorial card wrapper undamaged. Published simultaneously in Australia and New Zealand, the narrative of an adventurous, intrepid train traveller. Told with humour. Travels by train for this 'addict', have taken him to various countries from Britain to Australia. Foreword by Ian McNamara, Intro., 21 chapters, Appendices, Maps, Biblio., Index. Book weight approx. 650g.. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Diversity Books, IOBA
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001877
- Title
- TRAIN CATCHER: Adventures of a Rail Traveller
- Author
- Taylor, Colin
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0908876947
- ISBN 13
- 9780908876945
- Publisher
- IPL Books
- Place of Publication
- Smithfield, N.S.W. & Wellington, N.Z.
- Date Published
- 1996
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- AUTOBIOGRAPHY, TRAVEL, ADVENTURE, RAIL JOURNEYS, TRAIN JOURNEYS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel and Exploration;
Terms of Sale
Diversity Books, IOBA
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About the Seller
Diversity Books, IOBA
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Korumburra, Victoria
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