Rewynolds Michael (1 results)
More imagesPublished by London: Crosby Lockwood and Co 1881
- Hardcover
- First Edition
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1st edition. "The practice of locomotive driving is a field teeming with facts and incidents, cause and effect leading up by natural and consistent steps towards perfection through long winter nights in wind and rain, in lightning and thunder; at all times surrounded by hidden dangers, and ending at times in a dreadful, sudden d…eath." Includes a report on the railway servants' orphanage. 18.5cms x 12.5cms x 1.5cms. Pp.viii/190/10 (publisher's catalogue), engraved frontispiece, owner's notation to front endpapers, a few marginal finger marks. Illustrated dark grey/green cloth, wear to top and tail of spine and bumps to corner tips. G+.** Michael Reynolds was Locomotive Superintendent of the London and Brighton Railway in the 1870s and 1880s. This meant he was responsible for both engines and drivers. Reynolds was worried about the dangers of driving and campaigned for better training.
