“Even judged by the standards of today the railways built by Brunel, Locke and the Stephensons would be considered vast engineering works, and one cannot do other than pay homage to the men who essayed such tasks with no mightier tools than picks and shovels, and no means of cartage other than with horses.”
Nock’s rich collection of information and oddities on British railroading.
Author: O. S. Nock
Title: The Railways of Britain: Past and Present
Edition: Second Edition
Published: London et al: B. T. Batsford, 1949
Physical Description: Hardcover; Octavo; 120p
Condition: Fair to good condition dust jacket with edge wear, chipping, toning, and foxing present—in new protector. Boards and spines clean with edge wear, bumping to corners, and crushing at spine ends. Binding sturdy and square with only exception being some separation of frontispiece from binding. Pages tanned with foxing present. Bookplate on front paste-down. Owner’s seal on title page.
Comments: Handsome copy
