Unusual Locomotives by Ernest F. Carter - 1960

UK,small 8vo HB,minus dw/dj,1st edn.FINE.No owner inscrptn and minus issued dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original sharp-cornered,plain RAF blue cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top edges coloured pink with some minimal,minor blemishes - NOT foxing,fore-edges uncoloured but generally bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners, appears unread - apart from my own collation.UK,8vo HB,minus dw/dj, 1st edn,v-xiipp+13-221pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,illus list/table,author's preface,10 chapters each profusely illustrated with mixture of contemporary b/w photographs,prints (68) and b/w line drawings/diagrams (18) interspersed throughout the text - a pagination number error in illustration list (mistake of… Read More

London: Frederick Muller Limited, 1960. 221 pages. Illustrated with black and white plates including prints, photographs and line drawings. Pages clean, good condition. Front free endpaper has yellow stains from old tape, otherwise endpapers clean. Blue cloth, gilt title on spine. Edges and corners lightly worn. Blue and white dust jacket illustrated with b/w plates, locomotives. DJ price clipped and worn/taped at edges. VG/Good. 1st U.K. Edition. Hard Cover.