Silver link publishing great britain (7 risultati)

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. Softcover. Clean, tight and unmarked. Very neat -- a sound and handsome copy, almost as new! Illustrated throughout.

Cloth. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. Reprint. Hardcover. The Railway Vanishes. Price clipped to D/J. Today's railways may be clean, fast and efficient, but what of the unique character and aura, the pride, the craftsmanship, the inherited skills of the steam railway and the thousands of men and women who kept the wheels turning? Happily they live on through the photographs of H. G. Forsythe, who, between 1955 and 1965, was lucky and privileged enough to be able to record on film many of the chores and practises that were then an everyday part of a steam railwayman's life but were soon to pass into history. For this booki he has selected 225 photographs that provide a fascinating behind-the-scenes portrait of that lost era - locos being prepared for the road; the life and lore of the shed; riding ion the footplate; trains by night; water troughs; signals and signalmen. All in all it is a feast of Steam Age images, once commonlace but now all but vanished. Illustrated. 128 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 Educational Reference Literature.).…

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. Here is the second volume, the very best of Les Nixon's steam photography, selected and presented by the photographer. They embrace a broad spectrum of style and mood, principally capturing latterday BR steam but with tantalising glimpses back into the 1950s. Most have not been published before, and have been printed using up-to-date technology and years of darkroom experience to produce the kind of quality which will be the hallmark of this seried. Illustrated throughout. Price clipped.(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 Educational Reference Literature.).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Heave, Heave. Lash Up and Stow. A Memoir of an East Ender's War. Memoirs of the 20th Century From the Nostalgia Collection. Shelf wear to top edge of D/J. Slightly sunned spine to D/J. This book continues his story, relating his experiences while serving in the Royal Navy during the Second World War. Again, the book is illustrated in full colour throughout by Ken's own admirable paintings and pen-and-ink sketches. Illustrated/ 96 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.).…

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback.Slight fading to bottom edge of front cloth. Very slight shelf wear to edges of D/J. This book builds up to an invaluable, practical, no-nonsense manual to this most popular elisure pursuit. Drawing on many years of personal experience, the authors offer advice and information on all aspects of buying, keeping and riding a horse, and are careful to give balanced consideration to both the pleasures and the problems. Each fully supported by numerous photographs, all specially taken for the series, these invalauble and plain-speaking guides will leave both the would-be and established horse-owner better equiped to make the most of the unique relationship between horse and rider. Illustrated. 192 pp.…

Condizione: Very Good. 4to. hardcover. 208pp. b/w illus. Very good. / Very good d/w.

Buckram. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good++. First Edition. 1st edition. Large format.192 pages including detailed index and bibliography. Lavishly illustrated throughout with excellent black and white photographic plates with good supporting text. In original black buckram gilt hard cover binding. Near Fine in Very Good++ attractive pictorial dust wrapper with a slightly faded spine. A substantial book. WILL REQUIRE EXTRA POSTAGE OUTSIDE UK.…