The Rainhill Trials: The Greatest Contest in Industrial Britain and the Birth of Commercial Rail
Livres anciens et modernes
Christopher Mcgowan
Little, Brown and Company,
2004
The Rainhill Trials: The Greatest Contest in Industrial Britain and the Birth of Commercial Rail
Livres anciens et modernes
Christopher Mcgowan
Little, Brown and Company,
2004
4,95 €
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Détails
- Année
- 2004
- ISBN
- 0316724807
- Lieu d'édition
- London
- Auteur
- Christopher Mcgowan
- Éditeurs
- Little, Brown and Company
- Format
- 8.75 x 5.75 inches
- Edition
- First Edition
- Thème
- Railways, History, Liverpool, Rocket
- Description
- Fine
- Description
- Hard Cover
- Jaquette
- True
- Etat de conservation
- En excellent ètat
- Langues
- Anglais
- Reliure
- Couverture rigide
- Dédicacée
- False
- Premiére Edition
- True
Description
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 379pp. Taking place near Liverpool in 1829, this is the story of the competition to see whether a new form of propulsion, the steam locomotive could be made to satisfy the requirements of the fledgling Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company. The race was on between, Rocket, Sanspareil and Novelty.
