A Book of Railway Journeys
Language: English
Published by Collins, London, 1980
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: J J Basset Books, bassettbooks, bookfarm.co.uk, Peter Tavy, United KingdomJ J Basset Books, bassettbooks, bookfarm.co.uk
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Condition: Used - Very good
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"A collection of favourite train journey stories, some quite famous others almost unknown but all informative and amusing. The anthology takes the reader all around the world, through 155 years of train travel. Among the writers represented are Paul Theroux, Peter Fleming, John Betjeman, Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy, Eric Newby, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Edward Thomas, Walter de la Mare, Wildfred Owen, Emily Dickenson, W H Auden, A J Cronin, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle,etc".356 pp, e-mail for details Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- A Book of Railway Journeys
- Author
- Compiled By Ludovic Kennedy
- Publisher
- Collins, London
- Publication year
- 1980
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Signed
- Ex Libis, J. Razey
- Binding
- Red Cloth
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Collection of Illustrations
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Seller catalogs
- General, History, Non Fiction
J J Basset Books, bassettbooks, bookfarm.co.uk
Peter Tavy, United Kingdom
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