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GOSLING, TED & CLEMENT, MIKE: : SOMERSET RAILWAYS

UK.STROUD,GLOS.SUTTON PUBLISHING LIMITED,2000.

ISBN 0750923911.

UK,slim 8vo HB,1st edn.FINE+.No owner inscrptn, no dw/dj - as issued? Bright,crisp,clean,glossy glazed boards with colour photographic illustrated front bd,with yellow+white lettering; immaculate plain white endpapers; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread apart from my own collation.UK,slim 8vo HB,1st edn,5-128pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,an intro,7 chapters,profuse contemporary b/w railway+locomotives photographs with accompanying text throughout,and acknowledgements to rear as last page.Plus [unpaginated] half-title page with b/w regional map to it's verso,and a b/w photographic vignetted title page. No-one could have imagined what a revolutionary change the dawning of the railway age would have on the British countryside and its inhabitants. Somerset was no exception: the Great Western Railway,the London and South Western Railway,and the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway operated many services throughout this beautiful county. In the age of steam and in later days these companies gave communities employment and security; their stations,crossings and engine sheds transformed the landscape and their locomotives were objects of admiration. This book aims to give the reader a chance to look back at scenes and locations that were once so common over a wonderful railway network. Stations such as Chard Junction,Milborne Port, Wellow,Chilcompton and Binegar are depicted,as is Templecombe,once a crossroads where countless passengers alighted or joined trains for Waterloo,Exeter,the Midlands,the North,Devon and Cornwall,and whence freight was sent all over the country. 'Somerset Railways' also examines the countless trains that passed by in the age of steam: the purposeful 'pick up' goods train,the 'Atlantic Coast Express',the 'Devon Belle' and the 'Pines Express'.Enriched by a wealth of photographs of staff from all walks of railway life,this book is a unique photograph collection,much of which has not been published before.It is meant as a tribute to those railway workers,and to the vibrant Somerset railway system that they served. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - 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. ** This item offered P+p included.Offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** ** 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.

UK,slim 8vo HB,1st edn.