HISTORY OF THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY Vol 2 1863 - 1921

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This copy is in as new, unmarked condition bound in green cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. This copy is bright, tight, white and square, there is a a handsome book plate to the front paste down. The publisher price clipped dust wrapper is typically sunned to the spine but still in fine condition. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. The late E. T. MacDermot's two-volume History of the Great Western Railway, published in 1927 and 1931, was the second detailed history of a large railway. It carried the story through from inception in 1833 to the Grouping of 1923 and was soon recognised as a classic with a very high standard of accuracy. Considerable research has been carried out during the forty years since the second volume appeared, especially into the history of the smaller companies eventually absorbed by the Great Western. The locomotive and carriage departments' history has also received a great deal of attention and a greater precision in records evolved. In revising MacDermot's work C. R. Clinker, himself an old Great Western man, has taken full advantage of the expert knowledge of researchers into the various aspects of the Company's history and has carried in new facts from a wide range of sources. Where necessary, amendments have been made in elaboration of existing statements or to bring these up to date, but MacDermot's emphasis on strict accuracy has been rigidly respected. The first volume takes the story from its beginnings to 1863. Save for a few special cases, no attempt has been made in Volume II to follow the story of events beyond the end of 1921. The history of the Company's last twenty-five years, from 1922 to 1947, is covered in a third volume by O.S. Nock. Ref PPP 2. Seller Inventory # 028805

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