Introduction by jack simmons (7 risultati)

Hard Back/Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Dustjacket Good ++. 315 pages. B&W plates. White background dustjacket which has some wear to edges and corners, not price-clipped. Clean grey hardback binding with light wear to spine-ends and boards' corners. Light yellowing and foxing to page-edges, light foxing to both sets of endpapers o/w clean pages.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. First published in 1837, this is a first facsimile edition of 1971. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, top of page block dyed pale green as issued, price clipped, no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a nice copy. 315pp, illustrated. William Bridges Adams (1797 -1872), was an author, inventor, coachbuilder and locomotive engineer. He is best known for his patented Adams Axle, a successful radial axle design in use on railways in Britain until the end of steam traction in 1968. He also invented the railway fishplate. His writings covered all forms of land transport. Later he became a noted writer on political reform, under the pen name Junius Redivivus (Junius reborn), a reference to a political letter writer of the previous century. Jack Simmons (1915-2000), who wrote the Introduction to this book was an English transport historian, and emeritus professor of history at Leicester University.…

hardback reprint, 8vo, xxx,386pp, 7 illustrations, mauve edges, clean and sound, no inscriptions, Very Good / Good dustwrapper, wrapper edges rubbed and a small closed tear on front panel top edge.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Revised Edition. First printing in this edition. Crisp clean unclipped dust-jacket, fresh covers with gilt lettering on spine, sound binding, clean pages and end-papers. Contains black and white illustrations. Light shelf-wear on upper edge of dust-jacket. Previous owner's bookplate "Ex Libris Emmeline Garnett" at the front. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2kg. ISBN: 0854098534. ISBN/EAN: 9780854098538. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 52823031016. All our books are sent by tracked mail. This book is heavier than 1kg, and may incur additional delivery charges on some delivery services to some locations.…

(215 x 138). pp, xiv, (6), 120, (4), 120, (4), 112. Map to frontispiece. Ink and pencil ownership names to front free endpapers.Minor spotting to rear endpapers. Cream and gilt cloth, browned at foot of spine. Rubbed, marked and creased, price clipped dustjacket in clear protective wraps. Good. A new edition combining the original 3 volumes first published 1916 and 1923.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Hardback in jacket 1969. xxviii+386 pages. 7 plates. Clean & tight book. No inscriptions. Flat pages. Jacket has a little edge wear but is not torn. Jacket is now under clear removable covers. Dispatched Royal Mail First Class with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref O-marilg. Life and Labours of Mr. Brassey 1805-1870 (Documents of Social History) by Arthur Helps. Introduction by Jack Simmons.…

Condizione: Very Good. First thus edition hard back binding in publisher's original white paper covered boards, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8½'' x 6½''. Contains 116 printed pages of text with archive monochrome illustrations throughout. A few feint surface stains to the white of the panels, foxing to the end papers. Very Good condition book in near Very Good condition archive panoramic illustrated dust wrapper with 15 mm piece of paper missing from the foot of the spine, tiny chips to the corners, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 239001087 RAILWAYS & LOCOMOTIVES.…