simmons ernest jack (5 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st. Well-produced reissue of 'Ernest Struggles', a highly personal account of the career of a mid-Victorian stationmaster on the Great Western, first published in 1879.1st thus, British printing; dj w/unclipped price, in mylar; 165 clean, unmarked pages; owner's name.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 165 pages, 440g. Brown cloth boards Near FINE in a Near FINE d/w in clear protective sleeve.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Thus. Hardcover. Memoirs of a Station Master. This book, first published anonymously in 1879 under the title Ernest Struggles, is an account of the author's life on the Great Western Railway in the 1850s and 1860s. It affords one of the very few pictures we have of the railway service seen from the inside. Such records are very rare. What makes this one unique is that the author knew how to write. His lively comic sense and sharp turn of phrase give the book a continuing vitality; it is an entertaining and authentic commentary both on the railway and on the social life of the mid-Victorian are. 165 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.).

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Some discolouration to pages and covers, some fading to dustjacket.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. First Thus. This copy is in near fine, unmarked condition bound in tan cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. There is an area of loss to the head of the front paste down ( beneath the dust wrapper flap, there some light tanning to the f.e.p. The price clipped dust wrapper is in near fine condition. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. First published anonymously in 1879 under the title "Ernest Struggles", this is the account of a station master's life on the Great Western Railway in the 1850s and 1860s. The book offers a rare insider's view of railway operations and station life in Oxfordshire and beyond. Simmons writes with a lively comic sense and sharp turn of phrase, making the memoir both entertaining and insightful. Beyond railway anecdotes, it reflects on the social dynamics of the time?class, bureaucracy, and the peculiarities of Victorian public service. Ref EEE 6.