1984, ISBN: 9780946537075

New York, N.Y.: Bantam Books, 1965. Presumed First Bantam Edition, First printing. Mass market paperback. Good. xi, [1], [4] pages. Cover has some wear and soiling. Includes Foreword a… Mehr…

New York, N.Y.: Bantam Books, 1965. Presumed First Bantam Edition, First printing. Mass market paperback. Good. xi, [1], [4] pages. Cover has some wear and soiling. Includes Foreword and Final Conclusion. Chapters include Fritz Muehlebach; Fritz Muehlebach; Erich Dressler; Alfred Voss; Werner Harz; Tassilo von Bogenhardt; Hildegard Trutz (nee Koch); Claus Furmann; and Baroness Mausi von Westerode. Also includes Final Conclusion. Gestapo, Storm Troopers, Hitler's Maidens--The True Life Story of Nine Germans, Then...and Now! The author of this book lived in Germany at the time the Nazis came to power. The nine people in this book are people he know. The stories they tell in their own words, from Hitler's rise to the present time, are as incredible as the the concentration camps of twenty years ago. Louis Hagen was a teenage German Jewish refugee, a British army glider pilot at Arnhem, a journalist, writer and children's film producer. He had a spectacular life. His childhood was shattered in 1934 when, aged 15, he was thrown into Schloss Lichtenburg concentration camp. In the camp, Büdi was beaten, starved and forced into hard labor. The guards would strip him naked and force him to crawl, saying, "Cry for your Jewish mamma." He witnessed the murder of fellow prisoners. But the father of one of Büdi's school-friends, a high-ranking Nazi judge, rescued him after four months. He left immediately for England, joining his youngest sister. The other three siblings went to the United States. Their parents escaped in 1941, via the trans-Siberian railway to Japan and thence to America. When war broke out, Büdi joined the Pioneer Regiment, and, renamed "Lewis Haig", became a glider pilot. In September 1944, as part of the doomed allied operation to leapfrog the German frontline, his regiment landed its gliders at Arnhem, in Holland. He got back to Britain and was awarded the military medal by George VI. With the help of his friend, Dido Milroy, he wrote Arnhem Lift (1945), which became a bestseller and was translated into nine languages. Arnhem Lift formed the basis for Brian Desmond Hurst's film Theirs Is The Glory (1946), which re-enacted the battle with some of the participants. In early 1945 the army transferred Büdi to a glider squadron in India. He chanced upon a job as a journalist for the Allied South-East Asia Command's newspaper. Armed with a camera he had no idea how to use, he followed his curiosity, filing reports ranging from the life and times of a Calcutta brothel to colonial racism. His book Indian Route March (1946), followed. He reported from Burma, and had adventures in Bangkok. In Vietnam, he was apparently the first western journalist to interview its communist leader Ho Chi Minh. Back in Europe after the war, Büdi returned to a Berlin in rubble, its citizens scrabbling amidst the ruins. He wrote Follow My Leader [published in paperback as The Mark of the Swastika], which comprised intriguing biographies of nine Germans, most of whom collaborated with the Nazi regime. This was followed by The Secret War For Europe (1969), an account of Germany's role in international espionage., Bantam Books, 1965, 2.5, Charleston: Arcadia for the Atlanta History Center, 1998. 128pp. illus. paperback tall 8vo: Fine. An illustrated survey featuring over 200 historical photographs., Charleston: Arcadia for the Atlanta History Center, 5, UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.[This item is the second and substantially-revised edition of a popular book (1st edn was1975) that now reflects almost a decade of further change - then 1984,Although a BCA publication,it is published in arrangement with David St. John Thomas (b. 30th August,1929 d. 19th August,2014) who was an English publisher and writer who founded David & Charles.On 1 April 1960 he founded,with canal writer Charles Hadfield,the non-fiction publishing house of David & Charles,of which he became chairman.Initially run from his house at Ipplepen before moving to its better-known address at Newton Abbot Railway Station.With a staff of up to 300 the firm ran Britain's second-largest book club group,Readers' Union,which had a score of specialised clubs totalling about 250,000 members.In later years,he also published some books under his own imprint.He continued to write himself,including a series of well-illustrated books on railway topics with Patrick B. Whitehouse and others, and more books on travel-related topics.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip - absence of published price - as a book club subscription item.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy,contemporary monochrome,wrap-around photographic illustrated dw/dj ( Metropolitan Railway4-4-4T No 107 engine waiting to leave Verney Junction with a train for Baker Street,1936) with bright green lettering to front and non-faded spine/backstrip; negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean with barely discernable blemish - no foxing/ spotting - contents bright,tight, clean solid and sound - virtually pristine - and no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread,other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean, unblemished,sharp-cornered plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and clean,plain white endpapers - front free endpaper with very faint hint of off-setting from dw/dj's front inner flap and a bright, crisp,clean immaculate b/w 8-panelled gate-fold 'Railways in the Chilterns and Cotswolds' regional map+key,pasted to rear pastedown. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus,but effectively a revised 2nd edn,5- 256pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,list of b/w plates (contemporary b/w photographs),a Foreword to 2nd edn,an Introduction,8 chapters with 32pp b/w plates interspersed throughout the text and the book,similarly interspersed b/w region maps,diagrams and railway tracks illustrations,a 32pp Gazetteer,a 9pp bibliography, acknowledgements and an Index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,the latter with a dedication to its verso. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional, nd even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation. Within the 'Forgotten railways series,this book aims to give a readable account including history,working and atmaospher of the abandoned railways north of London and south of Birmingham,broadly bounded by the Chiltern Hills and their southern slopes forming the London Green belt,and the Cotswold Hills with their continuation northeastwards into the Northamptonshire uplands.It does not attempt to be exhaustive in its coverage but rather to portray the most interesting facets of selected lines within the area.The original publication stimulated interest in these railways and several detailed studies have appeared since,but this popular volume remains the best introduction.It vividly records the lines' lives and times,their traffic and curiosities,as well as their building,closure and remains. Against a background of the area and the pattern of railway development,a representative selection of the many types of line, ranging from branch to cross country and even main lines to be found within it,has been described in seven geographical areas.A final chapter considers the need for and the construction of the Great Cemtral Railway London Extension and features Woodford Halse,a focal point of the Extension. To provide a guide to the remaining features of interest for those visiting the lines and the detailed information about each line that would otherwise intrude on the narrative,a comprehensive gazetteer is included and the account is illustrated by detailed maps,and photographs of lines in their heyday and since closure. The gazetteer has a twofold purpose.Firstly,it aims to provide essential background information including the opening dates,major changes of ownership (where applicable) and the closure sequence for each of the railway mentioned in the text; and secondly,it attempts to establish a record of the more interesting physical remains,the present use made of the track alignment and the outstanding scenic sections of every line so described. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always., LONDON.BOOK CLUB ASSOCIATES,1984., 5<

1984, ISBN: 9780946537075

Baton Transport, 1985. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Firmly bound and carefully read. Te book is in VG clean condition. No inscription or ownership markings. No tears or loss. Glazed pictor… Mehr…

Baton Transport, 1985. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Firmly bound and carefully read. Te book is in VG clean condition. No inscription or ownership markings. No tears or loss. Glazed pictorial hardcover without a jacket. Illustrated with photos in b/w. ., Baton Transport, 1985, 3, London: Bloomsbury Books, 1988. 128pp, illustrated throughout with b/w photos, maps, end-paper sketch maps: railway network of metro-land. Cloth boards in dust-jacket. 'Metro-land meant the rolling countryside of the Chiltern Hills, north-west of London, through which the railway ran. The book is about how the Metropolitan Railway managed to mix Londoners with their countryside to joint advantage at the period between the two World Wars.'. New Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to., Bloomsbury Books, 1988, 3, New York, NY: Doubleday (Nan A. Talese), 2011. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Glued binding. Paper over boards. 228 p. Illustrations, black & white. Bibliography. Index. From Wikipedia: "Peter Ackroyd, CBE, FRSL (born 5 October 1949) is an English biographer, novelist, and critic with a particular interest in the history and culture of London. For his novels about English history and culture and his biographies of, among others, Charles Dickens, T. S. Eliot and Sir Thomas More he won the Somerset Maugham Award and two Whitbread Awards. He is noted for the volume of work he has produced, the range of styles therein, his skill at assuming different voices and the depth of his research. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society for Literature in 1984 and created a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2003. Ackroyd was born in London and raised on a council estate in East Acton by his single mother in a "strict" Roman Catholic household. He first knew that he was gay when he was seven. He was educated at St. Benedict's, Ealing, and at Clare College, Cambridge, from which he graduated with a double first in English literature. In 1972, he was a Mellon Fellow at Yale University. The result of his Yale fellowship was Notes for a New Culture, written when Ackroyd was only 22 and eventually published in 1976. The title, an echo of T. S. Eliot's Notes Towards the Definition of Culture (1948), was an early indication of Ackroyd's penchant for exploring and re-examining the works of other London-based writers. He worked at The Spectator magazine between 1973 and 1977 and became joint managing editor in 1978. He worked as chief book reviewer for The Times and was a regular broadcaster on radio. Since 1984 he has been a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.", Doubleday (Nan A. Talese), 2011, 3, UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.[This item is the second and substantially-revised edition of a popular book (1st edn was1975) that now reflects almost a decade of further change - then 1984,Although a BCA publication,it is published in arrangement with David St. John Thomas (b. 30th August,1929 d. 19th August,2014) who was an English publisher and writer who founded David & Charles.On 1 April 1960 he founded,with canal writer Charles Hadfield,the non-fiction publishing house of David & Charles,of which he became chairman.Initially run from his house at Ipplepen before moving to its better-known address at Newton Abbot Railway Station.With a staff of up to 300 the firm ran Britain's second-largest book club group,Readers' Union,which had a score of specialised clubs totalling about 250,000 members.In later years,he also published some books under his own imprint.He continued to write himself,including a series of well-illustrated books on railway topics with Patrick B. Whitehouse and others, and more books on travel-related topics.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip - absence of published price - as a book club subscription item.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy,contemporary monochrome,wrap-around photographic illustrated dw/dj ( Metropolitan Railway4-4-4T No 107 engine waiting to leave Verney Junction with a train for Baker Street,1936) with bright green lettering to front and non-faded spine/backstrip; negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean with barely discernable blemish - no foxing/ spotting - contents bright,tight, clean solid and sound - virtually pristine - and no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread,other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean, unblemished,sharp-cornered plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and clean,plain white endpapers - front free endpaper with very faint hint of off-setting from dw/dj's front inner flap and a bright, crisp,clean immaculate b/w 8-panelled gate-fold 'Railways in the Chilterns and Cotswolds' regional map+key,pasted to rear pastedown. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus,but effectively a revised 2nd edn,5- 256pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,list of b/w plates (contemporary b/w photographs),a Foreword to 2nd edn,an Introduction,8 chapters with 32pp b/w plates interspersed throughout the text and the book,similarly interspersed b/w region maps,diagrams and railway tracks illustrations,a 32pp Gazetteer,a 9pp bibliography, acknowledgements and an Index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,the latter with a dedication to its verso. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional, nd even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation. Within the 'Forgotten railways series,this book aims to give a readable account including history,working and atmaospher of the abandoned railways north of London and south of Birmingham,broadly bounded by the Chiltern Hills and their southern slopes forming the London Green belt,and the Cotswold Hills with their continuation northeastwards into the Northamptonshire uplands.It does not attempt to be exhaustive in its coverage but rather to portray the most interesting facets of selected lines within the area.The original publication stimulated interest in these railways and several detailed studies have appeared since,but this popular volume remains the best introduction.It vividly records the lines' lives and times,their traffic and curiosities,as well as their building,closure and remains. Against a background of the area and the pattern of railway development,a representative selection of the many types of line, ranging from branch to cross country and even main lines to be found within it,has been described in seven geographical areas.A final chapter considers the need for and the construction of the Great Cemtral Railway London Extension and features Woodford Halse,a focal point of the Extension. To provide a guide to the remaining features of interest for those visiting the lines and the detailed information about each line that would otherwise intrude on the narrative,a comprehensive gazetteer is included and the account is illustrated by detailed maps,and photographs of lines in their heyday and since closure. The gazetteer has a twofold purpose.Firstly,it aims to provide essential background information including the opening dates,major changes of ownership (where applicable) and the closure sequence for each of the railway mentioned in the text; and secondly,it attempts to establish a record of the more interesting physical remains,the present use made of the track alignment and the outstanding scenic sections of every line so described. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always., LONDON.BOOK CLUB ASSOCIATES,1984., 5<

1984, ISBN: 9780946537075

231 pages with photographs, maps, figures, illustrations and tables. Royal octavo (9 3/4" x 7") bound in original publisher's wrappers. First edition. San Pedro Viejo de Pichasca is an a… Mehr…

231 pages with photographs, maps, figures, illustrations and tables. Royal octavo (9 3/4" x 7") bound in original publisher's wrappers. First edition. San Pedro Viejo de Pichasca is an archaeological site located in a nearby rocky eaves to the Hurtado river gorge, in the semi-arid north of Chile. The successive investigations that they have been made there since the end of the 1940s and have allowed for partial reconstruction an occupational sequence that would span around 10,000 years, from the Holocene. Early to historical times. His artifact set, deposited in the Museo Arqueo-Logic of La Serena, shows the presence of groups with an emphasis on land hunter-gatherer,that articulated extensive circulation networks towards the coast and eastern slope of the Andes. Condition: Corners bumped, spine sunned, edge wear else very good., Universidad Catolica, 1970, 3, UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.[This item is the second and substantially-revised edition of a popular book (1st edn was1975) that now reflects almost a decade of further change - then 1984,Although a BCA publication,it is published in arrangement with David St. John Thomas (b. 30th August,1929 d. 19th August,2014) who was an English publisher and writer who founded David & Charles.On 1 April 1960 he founded,with canal writer Charles Hadfield,the non-fiction publishing house of David & Charles,of which he became chairman.Initially run from his house at Ipplepen before moving to its better-known address at Newton Abbot Railway Station.With a staff of up to 300 the firm ran Britain's second-largest book club group,Readers' Union,which had a score of specialised clubs totalling about 250,000 members.In later years,he also published some books under his own imprint.He continued to write himself,including a series of well-illustrated books on railway topics with Patrick B. Whitehouse and others, and more books on travel-related topics.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip - absence of published price - as a book club subscription item.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy,contemporary monochrome,wrap-around photographic illustrated dw/dj ( Metropolitan Railway4-4-4T No 107 engine waiting to leave Verney Junction with a train for Baker Street,1936) with bright green lettering to front and non-faded spine/backstrip; negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean with barely discernable blemish - no foxing/ spotting - contents bright,tight, clean solid and sound - virtually pristine - and no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread,other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean, unblemished,sharp-cornered plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and clean,plain white endpapers - front free endpaper with very faint hint of off-setting from dw/dj's front inner flap and a bright, crisp,clean immaculate b/w 8-panelled gate-fold 'Railways in the Chilterns and Cotswolds' regional map+key,pasted to rear pastedown. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus,but effectively a revised 2nd edn,5- 256pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,list of b/w plates (contemporary b/w photographs),a Foreword to 2nd edn,an Introduction,8 chapters with 32pp b/w plates interspersed throughout the text and the book,similarly interspersed b/w region maps,diagrams and railway tracks illustrations,a 32pp Gazetteer,a 9pp bibliography, acknowledgements and an Index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,the latter with a dedication to its verso. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional, nd even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation. Within the 'Forgotten railways series,this book aims to give a readable account including history,working and atmaospher of the abandoned railways north of London and south of Birmingham,broadly bounded by the Chiltern Hills and their southern slopes forming the London Green belt,and the Cotswold Hills with their continuation northeastwards into the Northamptonshire uplands.It does not attempt to be exhaustive in its coverage but rather to portray the most interesting facets of selected lines within the area.The original publication stimulated interest in these railways and several detailed studies have appeared since,but this popular volume remains the best introduction.It vividly records the lines' lives and times,their traffic and curiosities,as well as their building,closure and remains. Against a background of the area and the pattern of railway development,a representative selection of the many types of line, ranging from branch to cross country and even main lines to be found within it,has been described in seven geographical areas.A final chapter considers the need for and the construction of the Great Cemtral Railway London Extension and features Woodford Halse,a focal point of the Extension. To provide a guide to the remaining features of interest for those visiting the lines and the detailed information about each line that would otherwise intrude on the narrative,a comprehensive gazetteer is included and the account is illustrated by detailed maps,and photographs of lines in their heyday and since closure. The gazetteer has a twofold purpose.Firstly,it aims to provide essential background information including the opening dates,major changes of ownership (where applicable) and the closure sequence for each of the railway mentioned in the text; and secondly,it attempts to establish a record of the more interesting physical remains,the present use made of the track alignment and the outstanding scenic sections of every line so described. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always., LONDON.BOOK CLUB ASSOCIATES,1984., 5<

1984, ISBN: 9780946537075

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.[This item is the second and substantially-revised edition of a popular book (1st edn was1975) that now reflects almost a decade of further change - then 1984… Mehr…

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.[This item is the second and substantially-revised edition of a popular book (1st edn was1975) that now reflects almost a decade of further change - then 1984,Although a BCA publication,it is published in arrangement with David St. John Thomas (b. 30th August,1929 d. 19th August,2014) who was an English publisher and writer who founded David & Charles.On 1 April 1960 he founded,with canal writer Charles Hadfield,the non-fiction publishing house of David & Charles,of which he became chairman.Initially run from his house at Ipplepen before moving to its better-known address at Newton Abbot Railway Station.With a staff of up to 300 the firm ran Britain's second-largest book club group,Readers' Union,which had a score of specialised clubs totalling about 250,000 members.In later years,he also published some books under his own imprint.He continued to write himself,including a series of well-illustrated books on railway topics with Patrick B. Whitehouse and others, and more books on travel-related topics.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip - absence of published price - as a book club subscription item.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy,contemporary monochrome,wrap-around photographic illustrated dw/dj ( Metropolitan Railway4-4-4T No 107 engine waiting to leave Verney Junction with a train for Baker Street,1936) with bright green lettering to front and non-faded spine/backstrip; negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean with barely discernable blemish - no foxing/ spotting - contents bright,tight, clean solid and sound - virtually pristine - and no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread,other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean, unblemished,sharp-cornered plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and clean,plain white endpapers - front free endpaper with very faint hint of off-setting from dw/dj's front inner flap and a bright, crisp,clean immaculate b/w 8-panelled gate-fold 'Railways in the Chilterns and Cotswolds' regional map+key,pasted to rear pastedown. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus,but effectively a revised 2nd edn,5- 256pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,list of b/w plates (contemporary b/w photographs),a Foreword to 2nd edn,an Introduction,8 chapters with 32pp b/w plates interspersed throughout the text and the book,similarly interspersed b/w region maps,diagrams and railway tracks illustrations,a 32pp Gazetteer,a 9pp bibliography, acknowledgements and an Index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,the latter with a dedication to its verso. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional, nd even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation. Within the 'Forgotten railways series,this book aims to give a readable account including history,working and atmaospher of the abandoned railways north of London and south of Birmingham,broadly bounded by the Chiltern Hills and their southern slopes forming the London Green belt,and the Cotswold Hills with their continuation northeastwards into the Northamptonshire uplands.It does not attempt to be exhaustive in its coverage but rather to portray the most interesting facets of selected lines within the area.The original publication stimulated interest in these railways and several detailed studies have appeared since,but this popular volume remains the best introduction.It vividly records the lines' lives and times,their traffic and curiosities,as well as their building,closure and remains. Against a background of the area and the pattern of railway development,a representative selection of the many types of line, ranging from branch to cross country and even main lines to be found within it,has been described in seven geographical areas.A final chapter considers the need for and the construction of the Great Cemtral Railway London Extension and features Woodford Halse,a focal point of the Extension. To provide a guide to the remaining features of interest for those visiting the lines and the detailed information about each line that would otherwise intrude on the narrative,a comprehensive gazetteer is included and the account is illustrated by detailed maps,and photographs of lines in their heyday and since closure. The gazetteer has a twofold purpose.Firstly,it aims to provide essential background information including the opening dates,major changes of ownership (where applicable) and the closure sequence for each of the railway mentioned in the text; and secondly,it attempts to establish a record of the more interesting physical remains,the present use made of the track alignment and the outstanding scenic sections of every line so described. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always., LONDON.BOOK CLUB ASSOCIATES,1984., 5<

1984, ISBN: 9780946537075

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.[This item is the second and substantially-revised edition of a popular book (1st edn was1975) that now reflects almost a decade of further change - then 1984… Mehr…

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.[This item is the second and substantially-revised edition of a popular book (1st edn was1975) that now reflects almost a decade of further change - then 1984,Although a BCA publication,it is published in arrangement with David St. John Thomas (b. 30th August,1929 d. 19th August,2014) who was an English publisher and writer who founded David & Charles.On 1 April 1960 he founded,with canal writer Charles Hadfield,the non-fiction publishing house of David & Charles,of which he became chairman.Initially run from his house at Ipplepen before moving to its better-known address at Newton Abbot Railway Station.With a staff of up to 300 the firm ran Britain's second-largest book club group,Readers' Union,which had a score of specialised clubs totalling about 250,000 members.In later years,he also published some books under his own imprint.He continued to write himself,including a series of well-illustrated books on railway topics with Patrick B. Whitehouse and others, and more books on travel-related topics.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip - absence of published price - as a book club subscription item.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy,contemporary monochrome,wrap-around photographic illustrated dw/dj ( Metropolitan Railway4-4-4T No 107 engine waiting to leave Verney Junction with a train for Baker Street,1936) with bright green lettering to front and non-faded spine/backstrip; negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean with barely discernable blemish - no foxing/ spotting - contents bright,tight, clean solid and sound - virtually pristine - and no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread,other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean, unblemished,sharp-cornered plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and clean,plain white endpapers - front free endpaper with very faint hint of off-setting from dw/dj's front inner flap and a bright, crisp,clean immaculate b/w 8-panelled gate-fold 'Railways in the Chilterns and Cotswolds' regional map+key,pasted to rear pastedown. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus,but effectively a revised 2nd edn,5- 256pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,list of b/w plates (contemporary b/w photographs),a Foreword to 2nd edn,an Introduction,8 chapters with 32pp b/w plates interspersed throughout the text and the book,similarly interspersed b/w region maps,diagrams and railway tracks illustrations,a 32pp Gazetteer,a 9pp bibliography, acknowledgements and an Index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,the latter with a dedication to its verso. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional, nd even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation. Within the 'Forgotten railways series,this book aims to give a readable account including history,working and atmaospher of the abandoned railways north of London and south of Birmingham,broadly bounded by the Chiltern Hills and their southern slopes forming the London Green belt,and the Cotswold Hills with their continuation northeastwards into the Northamptonshire uplands.It does not attempt to be exhaustive in its coverage but rather to portray the most interesting facets of selected lines within the area.The original publication stimulated interest in these railways and several detailed studies have appeared since,but this popular volume remains the best introduction.It vividly records the lines' lives and times,their traffic and curiosities,as well as their building,closure and remains. Against a background of the area and the pattern of railway development,a representative selection of the many types of line, ranging from branch to cross country and even main lines to be found within it,has been described in seven geographical areas.A final chapter considers the need for and the construction of the Great Cemtral Railway London Extension and features Woodford Halse,a focal point of the Extension. To provide a guide to the remaining features of interest for those visiting the lines and the detailed information about each line that would otherwise intrude on the narrative,a comprehensive gazetteer is included and the account is illustrated by detailed maps,and photographs of lines in their heyday and since closure. The gazetteer has a twofold purpose.Firstly,it aims to provide essential background information including the opening dates,major changes of ownership (where applicable) and the closure sequence for each of the railway mentioned in the text; and secondly,it attempts to establish a record of the more interesting physical remains,the present use made of the track alignment and the outstanding scenic sections of every line so described. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! 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