Red for Danger. A History of Railway Accidents and Railway Safety. Fourth Edition, revised and with additional Material by Geoffrey Kitchenside. [Third Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
by ROLT L.T.C
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About This Item
David & Charles, Newton Abbot,, [1978]. 8vo., Third Edition, with plates; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter sunned at backstrip. Rolt's classic study was first published in 1955. This edition adds material from the succeeding two decades, including the disasters at Hither Green, Hixon, Moorgate and Taunton.
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- Island Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 43166
- Title
- Red for Danger. A History of Railway Accidents and Railway Safety. Fourth Edition, revised and with additional Material by Geoffrey Kitchenside. [Third Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
- Author
- ROLT L.T.C
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- David & Charles, Newton Abbot,
- Date Published
- [1978]
- Keywords
- topography, railways, transport, rolt, railway accidents
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