LSWR West Country Lines: Then and Now

HARDBACK "RARELY AVAILABLE OUTSIDE THE US," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 3rd. reprint/Revised. * Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 2004 (1993)* Publisher: Grange books in assn. with Hawk Books.* Binding and cover condition: Colour photo illustrated laminated boards, yellow & white titles to spine and face with an olive green background. No bumps or rubs, no visible faults. FINE.* Jacket condition: Matching dust wrapper. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing a shelf price of £19.99. Minimal shelf wear to head & tail of spine. VG++ * Content condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: Numerous b/w & a few colour photos, prints and line drawn maps throughout. * Pages: 222 pp. text. iii pp. acknowledgements, index & blank page at rear.* Description: This fascinating album compares classic photographs of the London & South Western Railway throughout the West Country in the days of steam, including the lines of the "withered arm" and Atlantic Coast Express services, with precisely-matched shots of the same scenes today. The detailed captions pick out points of both local and railway interest and provide a unique historical narrative of changes on the line, its line and in its surroundings.* A FINE text copy with minimal dust jacket faults reducing it to VG++.*