Search Results: crewe works in the age of by talbot edward

OPC 1987 . 213 plates,with captions.Useful review. fine copy in fine d/w.

USA: Haynes Publishing Group, 1987. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover, in dust jacket. Clean, tight and unmarked. Very neat -- a sound and handsome copy, almost as new! Illustrated throughout..

Oxford Publishing, 1988. Hbk 4to, unpaginated, profusely illustr throughout b+w photos, a new and unread copy, excellent clean tight and unmarked in fine, unclipped and sleeve-protected dj, as new

Hayes / Oxford Publishing, (Sparkford, 1987), reprint. Unpaginated, 4to (11" H), hard cover in dust jacket. 213 b&w photographs. "Throughout the steam age, Crewe Works was one of the leading, if not the leading, railway works in the UK. Indeed, in 1913 'The Railway Magazine' described it as 'the most famous railway works in the world'. In its heyday (particularly under the London & North Western Railway) it was world renowned for its manufacture and repair of locomotives and carriages. In addition to rolling stock, the Works manufactured dozens of other items as diverse as steel rails and needles, bricks and gas mantles, and signals and lubricants. Moreover, it trained hundreds of railway engineers; who either entered the ranks of the LNWR, LMS or British Railways; or who went on to other British railway companies or to railways overseas in the British Empire and beyond. The influence of Crewe Works accordingly spread far from the confines of Crewe as a railway… Read More

Oxford Publishing Co, 1989. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. hardback, quarto, measuring 11" x 8 3/4". A very good tightly bound copy in a well preserved laminate pictorial dust jacket which has faded to the spine, the text is clean and unmarked. Illustrated throughout..

Poole: Oxford Publishing Co., 1987. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 213 plates, ex-lib (usual stamps), d/w spine faded..

Yeovil: OPC/Haynes, 1988. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Rep. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 213 plates..

Oxford: Oxford Publishing Co./Haynes, 1988. Very good/Very good. 4to. 280 x 220mm, 128 pages. Excellent b/w photos. Book condition: Very good, clean dark brown boards, tight binding, no inscriptions. Jacket condition: Very good, clean, bright, some fade to spine, not creased, not price-clipped, minor 'bump' to right-hand front. Comments: An excellent, illustrated study of Crewe railway works, considered to be "the most famous railway works in the world"! It maintained locomotives, carriages, rolling stock as well as manufacturing much railway infrastructure components. The book shows the works in the steam era. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.