ISBN: 9781852854010 - george hudson: the rise and fall of the railway king (9 resultados)

Hardback. Condición: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. George Hudson: The Rise and Fall of the Railway King This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. …

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Hard covers in clean, tidy condition with a very good dust jacket Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Section of original dust wrapper mounted facing title page. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Provenance: From the library of Eric George Hatfield Moody with his bookplate to front pastedown. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 317 pages; xii, 317p. : ill., ports. ; 24cm. Subjects: Hudson, George 1800-1871. Capitalists and financiers - Great Britain - Biography. Railroads - England - Design and construction - Costs. Railroads - England - Biography. The building of the railways in Britain in the nineteenth century was the greatest ever industrial undertaking in the world to that time. Financed by private enterprise rather than the state, the schemes to build new lines were characterised both by their ambition and by their need for huge amounts of capital. The most ambitious of all of the individual entrepreneurs, and for long the most successful, was George Hudson, the 'Railway King', whose establishment of York as the hub of an ever-growing network of lines brought him huge wealth and great fame. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xii, 317 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm. Subjects: Hudson, George 1800-1871; Businesspeople Great Britain ; Biography; Entrepreneurship Great Britain; Railroads Great Britain History; Railroads England Design and construction Costs; Railroads England ; Biography. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Section of original dust wrapper mounted facing title page. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Provenance: From the library of Eric George Hatfield Moody with his bookplate to front pastedown. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 317 pages; xii, 317p. : ill., ports. ; 24cm. Subjects: Hudson, George 1800-1871. Capitalists and financiers - Great Britain - Biography. Railroads - England - Design and construction - Costs. Railroads - England - Biography. The building of the railways in Britain in the nineteenth century was the greatest ever industrial undertaking in the world to that time. Financed by private enterprise rather than the state, the schemes to build new lines were characterised both by their ambition and by their need for huge amounts of capital. The most ambitious of all of the individual entrepreneurs, and for long the most successful, was George Hudson, the 'Railway King', whose establishment of York as the hub of an ever-growing network of lines brought him huge wealth and great fame. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xii, 317 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm. Subjects: Hudson, George 1800-1871; Businesspeople Great Britain ; Biography; Entrepreneurship Great Britain; Railroads Great Britain History; Railroads England Design and construction Costs; Railroads England ; Biography. 1 Kg. …

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