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WAR ON THE LINE: The Story of the Southern Railway in War-Time
by BERNARD DARWIN
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- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
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Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
LONDON: THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO, 1946 Drab Green cloth boards with gilt blocked titles to spine,205 x 135 mm approx.Top edge stained green, iv + 216 pp. 4 colour plates + all b/w photo illustrations as called for. Large fold out map of Southern Railway System to rear. First Edition 1946. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Good no d/j Book- moderate shelf wear and soiling to cloth, no fraying, war economy paper of book block evenly tanned, superfluous creasing to map from incorrect folding, 2 cm approx conservation tape repair to fore edge margin of one plate. No previous owner name or insc. No other notable defects to book or jacket).
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- Bookseller
- booksonlinebrighton
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 133268
- Title
- WAR ON THE LINE: The Story of the Southern Railway in War-Time
- Author
- BERNARD DARWIN
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO
- Place of Publication
- LONDON
- Date Published
- 1946
- Keywords
- War on the Line, Southern Region , Bernard Darwin. Marshalling Yards Feltham, Salisbury, D Day Dunkirk Evacuation, Dover, Brighton Engine Works, Mulberry Harbour, WWII,
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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