139pp. 156 full colour photos of the locos, with plenty of supporting text.
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Seller: AwesomeBooks, Wallingford, United Kingdom
Condition: Very Good. This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. . Seller Inventory # 7719-9780600350682
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Seller: Better World Books Ltd, Dunfermline, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. 0th Edition. Ships from the UK. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Seller Inventory # 53017912-20
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Seller: Bahamut Media, Reading, United Kingdom
Condition: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee. Seller Inventory # 6545-9780600350682
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Seller: Lake Country Books and More, Excelsior, MN, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Previous owner's writing on first page. Clean, solid hardcover copy with otherwise unmarked text. Jacket has moderate surface and edge wear; staining inside bottom edges of jacket, does not affect pages. Covers show moderate wear along bottom edges. Binding is tight and square. A beautiful book with moderate wear. We are unable to ship oversize books and multi-volume sets internationally. Seller Inventory # IF42402020003
Seller: Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
4to; original blue boards, lettered in gilt on spine; laminated pictorial dustwrapper, housed in removable protector; pp. (iv) + 137 + (ii); lavishly illustrated with full colour photographs. Fine condition. "As a sanctuary for one of man's own endangered creations - the steam locomotive - South Africa's position is unique. Not only is she the last of the world's industrialized nations to operate steam for both goods and passenger traffic on a rail network set against superb scenery, but the country's mines and industry run a private stable of engines found, elsewhere, only in the world's few railway museums. In magnificent colour photographs and an entertaining instructive text, The Spirit of Steam captures, for the present and future enthusiast, the essence of the staggering range of locomotive types and classes which still operate on the southern tip of Africa. A fascinating blend of picture and word takes the reader across the sun-scorched veld, through cuttings surrounded by snow-capped mountains, and along narrow-gauge lines which wind their way among forests and sub-tropical growth. And, as few other railway books have done, The Spirit of Steam runs back the curtain on the men who ride on the footplate, feeding the fires and taming the steel leviathans. For the spirit which the book captures is not only the spectral smoke and steam, it is the acrid sulphur smell of the firebox and the rough grittiness of fine cinders. Between these pages, the armchair traveller can share, at last, the heat of the engine cab, the throb of a locomotive 'giving all its got', and the thrill of titanic wheels as they thrum their history-making tattoo across an ever-changing landscape.". Seller Inventory # 8895
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Seller: Antiquariaat Schot, Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Netherlands
Original publisher's paper covered hardback, gilt lettering spine, pictorial dustjacket, 4to: 156 coloured plates with descriptive text. Fine copy. Seller Inventory # 184741
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Seller: Adelaide Booksellers, Clarence Gardens, SA, Australia
Hardback. Reprint. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is now protected in a purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Colour photographs. 139 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. Seller Inventory # 167144
Seller: Mooney's bookstore, Den Helder, Netherlands
Condition: Very good. Seller Inventory # 0600350681-2-2
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Seller: Edmonton Book Store, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Condition: very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. 4to pp.140. book. Seller Inventory # 255547
Seller: BIANCOLIBRARY, BILLINGSHURST, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Cloth. Condition: Virtually as New. Dust Jacket Condition: Virtually as New. For extra pictures of the more valuable books, please press the 'Ask Bookseller A Question' button. In virtually as new condition throughout. Buying more than one book will save on postage costs. We have split our books into 70 + categories. Size: 8¾" - 11.25" Tall. Seller Inventory # 006761
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