Berg, Maxine, ed.
Technology and Toil in Nineteenth Century Britain: Documents
(CSE Books, 1979).
Paperback. Good. 246pp. Order No. NSBK-A4939
Keywords: 0906336031, Britain, British, history, England, English, toil, labour, labor, work, nineteenth century,m Victorian, industry, pin money, weaving, factory, factories, textiles, steel making, steam engines, lead foundries, shipbuilding, boot and shoe trade, workshop, industrialisation, industrialization, coal, saw mills, machines, working class, working classes, working-class
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Bagwell, Philip S.
Doncaster: Town of Train Makers, 1853-1990
(Doncaster, 1991).
Signed by the author. Hardback. Outsized book, very good+. vii + 136pp. Order No. NSBK-A12364
Keywords: 0906976375, trains, railways, transport, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th, twentieth century, 20th, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, Doncaster, manufacture, engineering, plant works, factory, factories, Industrial Revolution, industrial, industrialisation, industrialization, nineteenth century, industry, work
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Bass Ratcliff and Gretton Limited, .
Excursion to Scarborough: Friday July 24th, 1914
(Bass Museum, reprint, 1977).
A charming booklet. On the very eve of the First World War, this detailed guide prepares Bass employees and their families for their day excursion to Scarborough by train. Illustrated. Booklet. Fine. 40pp. Order No. NSBK-A6872
Keywords: B000IZA06Q, Scarborough, seaside, holidays, outings, Britain, British, England, English, Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, towns, spa towns, working classes, working class, excursions, working class excursions, leisure, entertainment, recreation, train journeys, trains, railways, days out, day out, days-out, day-out, tramways, amusements, Bass, industrial workers, Bass Ratcliff and Gretton Limited, Ratcliff, Gretton, stations, twentieth century, World War I, Great War, First World War, pre-war, Bass Museum, Bass outings, booklet
Price £12.00.
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Dyment, Clifford.
The Railway Game: an Early Autobiography
(Readers Union, rpt, 1963).
Hardback. Very good in browned, slightly worn dustwrapper. 218pp. Order No. NSBK-A4710
Keywords: B0000EERAV, British, Britain, England, English, autobiographies, autobiography, railway, steam, railway game, Clifford Dyment, autobiography, child, boy, children, childhood, 1920s, 1930s, interwar, inter-war, inter war, history, boyhood, youth, poems, poet, poets, poetry
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Aldcroft, Derek H.
British Transport Since 1914: an Economic History
(David & Charles, 1975).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, lacks fly leaf, otherwise good in slightly discoloured dustwrapper. 336pp. Order No. NSBK-A7276
Keywords: 0715368788, economy, economic, transport, social history, British, Britain, England, English, twentieth century, technology, technological, transport industry, Derek H. Aldcroft, railways, roads, public ownership, shipping, civil aviation, trains
Price £3.00.
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Mountfield, David.
The Railway Barons:
(Osprey Publishing Ltd, 1979).
Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. 224pp. Order No. NSBK-A8331
Keywords: 0850453216, railways, railway, barons, transport, nineteenth century, 19th, George Hudson, Thomas Brassey, Gould, Fisk, Erie, Empire, trains, iron, steel, railway mania, USA, Europe, Britain, British, history, James Hill, Edward Harriman, Jay Gould, Jim Fisk, pioneers
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Harper, Edith K.
A Cornish Giant: Richard Trevithick
(E. & F. N. Spon, 1913).
Paperback. Ex library with usual library stamps and markings. Covers soiled, some wear and chipping to edges, otherwise good. 61pp. Order No. NSBK-A15193
Keywords: B002JJLYGO, Cornwall, Cornish, engines, locomotives, railways, steam, history, Richard Trevithick, engineers, mechanical, pamphlets, booklets, booklet, pamphlet, eighteenth century, nineteenth century
Price £32.00.
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Science Museum, .
The Science Museum: the First Hundred Years
(HMSO, 1957).
Hardback. Ex library with minimal library markings, otherwise very good, bright. 85pp. Order No. NSBK-A14377
Keywords: B0000CHBPJ, science museum, science, history, machines, aircraft, engines, steam, technology, scientific, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK
Price £14.00.
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McAuley, Rob.
The Liners: A Voyage of Recovery
(Boxtree, 1997).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, otherwise very good+ in bright dustwrapper. 160pp. Order No. NSBK-A10575
Keywords: 0752210580, liners, ships, engineering, shipbuilding, sea, coasts, Britain, British, England, English, construction, cruises, holidays, oceans, travel, travelers, travellers, steam, immigrants, nineteenth century, twentieth century, 19th, 20th
Price £7.50.
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Brooke, David.
The Railway Navvy: That Despicable Race of Men
(David and Charles, 1983).
Hardback. Very good in slightly browned dustwrapper. 216pp. Order No. NSBK-A13480
Keywords: 071538449X, trains, railways, history, railway workers, railway navvy, navvies, railwaymen, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, construction workers, Victorian, 19th century, nineteenth century, Balaklava Railway, Crimea, Crimean War, railway building, locomotives
Price £17.50.
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