OS Nock THE GWR MIXED TRAFFIC 4-6-0 CLASSES First Edition
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OS Nock THE GWR MIXED TRAFFIC 4-6-0 CLASSES First Edition
First edition, first print hardback of THE GWR MIXED TRAFFIC 4-6-0 CLASSES, by Oswald Stevens Nock and published by Ian Allan Ltd., London in 1978.The book is in very good condition (Clean black cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine), with only slight wear to the dust jacket which is price clipped (light creasing to the top edges, some tanning all around and fading to the lettering on the spine). Internally, the pages are clean and tight and there are no tears and no inscriptions. There is slight tanning to the page ends.
"A locomotive engineer of the modern age once said of the Great Western that not everyone of the old companies was so fortunate as to have a Church ward, followed by a Collett, followed by a Hawksworth. Not only was it a succession of very able men, but they were men who maintained a continuity in practice. Thus the story told by O. S. Nock in this book, although extending over 65 years of railway history and development, is one of settled, uniform policy, unique on the railways of Great Britain.
This is the story of the mixed traffic 4-6-0 locomotives used in those 65 years of continuity - the story of the 'Halls', the modified 'Halls' (6959 class), the 'Granges', 'Manors' and 'County' classes, all of which are still remembered for their rugged adaptability and excellent performances. Mr. Nock illustrates and exemplifies the hard facts by way of eyewitness accounts, photographs, comprehensive tabular material and, above all, his keen and penetrating text."
96 pages. Illustrated with black & white photographs and diagrams throughout.
ISBN: 0 7110 0781 0
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OS Nock THE GWR MIXED TRAFFIC 4-6-0 CLASSES First Edition