ISBN: 9780853290339 - Metropolitan Line (13 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A lovely clean crisp softcover (stapled wraps) copy in very good condition, light wear along spine.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. undated, staple bound, soft cover, light rubbing to edges, clean condition, 32pp, pages clean and VG condition.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. London Transport 1975 reprint. Pages clean and bright, binding firm, minor shelf wear to cover. NEW EU 5 EURO CHARGE FOR IMPORTS IS INCLUDED IN OUR SHIPPING PRICE. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK, ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.…

Paperback. Condition: Like New. 32pp. Appears unread. Near new. Includes supply & fitting of new correctly sized protective lyfjacket. Size: 8vo - over 73/4" - 93/4" tall. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Reprint. 32pp. 100g Stapled card covers FINE with contents and staples tight and clean. Illustrated with b/w plates.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Reprint. First published 1972, 32 pages, illustrated, maps. Foxing to page edges, light creasing to covers.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Lightly rubbed stapled spine.

Condition: Very Good. Shelf wear to the softcover & textblock edge. Content is in very good, clean condition.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Paperback. The Metropolitan Line. A Brief History. Illustrated. 32 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.).…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 32pp Ills.map, card covers, nr. fine.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 32pp Ills.map, card covers, nr. fine.

Paperback. Condition: Mint. First Edition. THE METROPOLITAN LINE A Brief History. Charles E. Lee. London transport Executive, London 1972 First Edition ISBN 0853290334 32pp Illustrated Paperback. This copy is in mint, unread condition, bright, white, tight and square, in illustrated card covers as issued. In 1863 the Metropolitan Railway began the world's first underground railway between Paddington and Farringdon Street with wooden carriages and steam locomotives, but its most important route became the line north into the Middlesex countryside, where it stimulated the development of new suburbs. Harrow was reached in 1880, and the line extended as far as Verney Junction in Buckinghamshire, more than 50 miles (80 km) from Baker Street. From the end of the 19th century, the railway shared tracks with the Great Central Railway route out of Marylebone. The central London lines were electrified by 1907, but electric locomotives were exchanged for steam locomotives on trains heading north of Harrow. After the railway was absorbed by the London Passenger Transport Board in 1933 the line was cut back to Aylesbury. Steam trains ran until 1961, when the line was electrified to and services curtailed at Amersham. The Hammersmith & City line was shown on the tube map as part of the Metropolitan line until 1990, when it appeared as a separate line. Ref HH2.…