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The Heart of the Great Western
[Buy it!] | Vaughan. Adrian. | USD 25.37
(Tue May 28 13:37:25 2024) | Biblio | powellbooksofsomerset.co.uk | UK: Silver Link Publications, Date: 1994. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12' tall. The Heart of the Great Western, is a true record of the grumbles and the good times, the attitudes of the railway people, the difficulties of their work and the matter-of-fact way these were overcome by the men and women of the Great Western Railway. A square tight and clean copy.. 1994. Silver Link Publications ISBN 1857940261 9781857940268 [GB] |
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University of Lancaster: Quest for Innovation.; a History of the First Ten Years, 1964-1974
[Buy it!] | McClintock, Marion E. | USD 37.50
(Tue May 28 13:37:26 2024) | Alibris | Ground Zero Books, Ltd. via Alibris | Lancaster University of Lancaster 1974 Presumed First Edition/First Printing Hardcover Very good. in fair. jacket 24 cm, 464 pages. Illustrations. Stamp on flyleaf. DJ worn with loss of material. From a 2006 University posting: As Academic Registrar, Marion has been involved with the University's governing bodies since its beginning in 1986. She has also played a major part in Lancaster's two successful bids for the Queen's Anniversary Prizes. Marion has worked in Higher Education for 45 years, after studying at Durham, including Cambridge, Oxford and Duke University North Carolina, before joining Lancaster University in 1968, when her husband Professor Peter McClintock started work in the Physics Department. A number of posts followed including departmental officer in the English Department and administrator in the Centre for North West Regional Studies. In 1972, the Vice Chancellor Charles Carter commissioned her to write the early history of the University, and Quest for Innovation was published. After seven years working as an administrator in the Management School, Marion came to work full time in University House in 1987, with responsibilities including secretary to the Research Committee, secretary to Senate and for the boards of studies as they became faculties. These expanded in 1990 to cover Court and Council and she became Academic Registrar in 1994. She intends to retire in September this year, but will have an honorary post as the University's archivist. |
