Railway Locomotive Management in a series of letters
by Veritas Vincit (Truth Prevails)
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Farningham, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Birmingham: Printed for the author & sold by H.Winnall, 1847 51 letters dated between December 1842 and July 1847 written anonymously under the pseudonym Veritas Vincit. Originally published in the Railway Times and Railway Record they take to task railway managements in their treatment of employees and how this impinges on both workers and public safety. No punches pulled, names names, both personal and corporate.
These letters brought together by the author in a single volume with an index in 1847.
iv, 232pp - Lacks front end paper. Internal hinges cracked. Some random light foxing.
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- Bookseller
- Wadard Books PBFA (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24884s31
- Title
- Railway Locomotive Management in a series of letters
- Author
- Veritas Vincit (Truth Prevails)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Printed for the author & sold by H.Winnall
- Place of Publication
- Birmingham
- Date Published
- 1847
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Wadard Books PBFA
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Farningham, Kent
About Wadard Books PBFA
The shop of Wadard Books is located in a listed 17th century timber framed building in the historic Kentish village of Farningham. The business is named after Wadard, one of Farningham's Domesday landlords, a henchman of Bishop Odo and featured on the Bayeaux tapestry.
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- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...