Buy this book on-line DUCKHAM,BARON.F & HUME,JOHN.R - ed by: : TRANSPORT HISTORY 1970:Volume 3 of the journal Transport HistoryUK.NEWTON ABBOT,DEVON.DAVID & CHARLES,1971.
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1st thus.NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn but price-clipped dw/dj.Orange and white,b/w pictorial illustrated upper wrap dw/dj with minimal shelf-wear to edges with light creasing to bottom rear edge and no nicks or tears.
Fore-edge bright and clean with minimal marking and spotting.Top edge coloured.Contents tight and near pristine.Slate grey paper-covered bds with stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and plain white eps.8vo,360pp includes b/w maps,24pp b/w photographs/illus;references,book reviews,notes and indices(3).
This is a bound volume of the original issue journal, Transport History published three times a year,containing the complete articles,book reviews and notes and news which appeared in the 3 issues of volume 3, the principal journal of its kind.
Here is provided,in a convenient form,a wide range of interesting material of permanent value to all who are concerned with transport development in its manifold aspects.The book will be of particular use to those who do not usually see the separate issues of the journal immediately they appear.Among the varied selection of signed articles are many authoritative contributions in their fields.Longer papers include:'The Promotion of the Caledonian Railway Company';'The Origins of the Grand Junction Railway 1829-33';'The Politics of the Railway Passenger Duty';'Workmen's Trains in the South Wales Coalfield 1870-1926';'Living Conditions on Midland Canal Boats';'Road Passenger Transport in Ulster and its Relationship with the Railways';and 'The Leeds & Liverpool Canal:A Study in Route Selection'.Shorter articles deal with other aspects of transport history, such as port development or railway investment in the Scottish Highlands.Reviews cover the significant recent (then) literature in all branches of the subject, while the notes and news sections contain items of interest to scholar and enthusiast alike.See also rja435 and rja1983.This edn is now out-of-print as the publisher ceased trading in the late 1980's.
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