The History of the Gas Light & Coke Company 1812-1949
by Everard, Stirling
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
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About This Item
London: Ernest Benn Ltd. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1949. First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very good and sound green cloth with gilt titles, no inscriptions. The dust jacket is rubbed to extremities otherwise very good and unclipped. Black & white frontis with a further 20 black & white plates and 6 foldout colour maps, all in good order. Provides a fascinating account of this corporate undertaking. "The book delves into the character and work of successive Governors who controlled the Gas Light and Coke Company from its inception in 1812 to its nationalization in 1949"; Black & white plates and colour maps; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 428 pages .
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- The History of the Gas Light & Coke Company 1812-1949
- Author
- Everard, Stirling
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover with dust jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Ernest Benn Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1949
- Keywords
- Industrial Archaelogy, Social History
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