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The book titled Historic Railway Disasters by the author O. S. Nock. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Edition: First EditionCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Small tear along back corner of jacket - still structural. A richly...

Author: Os NockBinding: HardbackPublished: Victoria House, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis comprehensive volume presents a global survey of railway systems, detailing their development and impact across continents....

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerFrom the thunderous birth of the steam locomotive to the sleek express trains of the modern era, Illustrated History of Trains presents...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good , price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerA comprehensive and authoritative reference work for railway enthusiasts and transportation historians alike, Locomotion: A World Survey of...

'ONE OF THE MOST ORIGINAL MINDS IN CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE' - NICK HORNBY 'A TREMENDOUSLY VARIED AND SURPRISING WRITER' - GUARDIAN It's the summer of 1939. London is on the brink...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - minor tear. Page Condition: Appears aged with slight yellowing. A taut, intellectually dazzling novella, The Messiah of Stockholm tells the story of Lars...

Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 1096 A master of deductive reasoning who can solve the most difficult crimes by spotting obscure clues overlooked by others,...

With Britain braced for a German invasion, MI5 recruited an ex RNAS officer, come confidence trickster, called Walter Dicketts as a double agent. Codenamed Celery, Dicketts was sent to Lisbon...

Author: Mrs. Albert T. LeatherbeeBinding: HardbackPublished: Shoestring Press., 1924Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling historical account chronicles the remarkable adventures of an American captain navigating the Australian landscape...

Malta. May 1565. rom the shores of the Golden Horn, Suleiman the Magnificent, Emperor of the Ottomans, has sent the greatest armada since antiquity to wipe out Islam s most...

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Author: Augustus PeirceBinding: HardbackPublished: Shoestring Press, 1984Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book is an autobiography of Augustus Baker Peirce, detailing his adventures in Australia. It...

The definitive anthology of Ireland's astonishing 1500-year poetic legacy, now published in paperback The Penguin Book of Irish Poetry features the work of the greatest Irish poets, from the monks...

First published to huge acclaim during the war it describes, Very Ordinary Seaman relates - with humanity, humour and the authority of experience - lower-deck life in the British navy,...

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Four very different teenagers must overcome their prejudices and differences in order to escape a brand-new escape room for prize money. Locked In Escape Rooms has a new owner. He's...

Sleep better. Feel more energised. Reset your body clock. ' The Inner Clock explores the science of why your circadian rhythms fall out of sync - and how to get...

The universe makes no mistakes... Twelve-year-old Arian never wanted a foster sister, much less the weird and annoying one who has joined his family. From her outlandish outfits and bizarre...

The unique and adventurous sounds that German bands like Can, Neu! or Kraftwerk produced in post-war 60s Germany, now known as Krautrock, are considered a blueprint for modern rock music....

In the early morning of 9 April 1940, a fleet of German battleships entered the Oslofjord. Norwegian artillery delayed them long enough for King Haakon VII and his cabinet to...

Winner of the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction Longlisted for the National Book Award One of the New York Times Book Review 's 10 Best Books of 2017 Former...

With a few notable exceptions, the French efforts on the Somme have been largely missing or minimised in British accounts of the Battle of the Somme. And yet they held...

Launching a major new paperback series: Penguin English Library The Penguin English Library Edition of Evelina by Frances Burney 'O Sir, how much uneasiness must I suffer, to counterbalance one...

In this informative, readable and for punk fans at least annoying book, Kevan Furbank looks at the progressive rock bands and albums that left punk reeling in the moshpit. To...

Sight & Sound 's #1 Film Book of 2020 'A multifaceted dissection of the infamous noir film ... good reading for any American cinema buff' - Kirkus Chinatown is the...

A wide cast of musicians and artists provide surprising and thought-provoking insights into punk rock from the lens of spirituality and liberation. Punk Spirit! is an oral history that examines...

A beautiful paperback edition of The Horse and His Boy, book three in the classic fantasy series, The Chronicles of Narnia. This edition is complete with cover and interior art...

Formed as shambolic art-punk four-piece Seymour whilst attending London's Goldsmiths University, the rechristened Blur released their debut album Leisure in 1991, marking them as promising indie upstarts in thrall to...

Margaret Forster, in this engaging, intriguing novel, about a young woman and two grandmothers, uncovers the shocking truths that family history reveals. he curiously named Isamay, a would-be academic, is...

When grifters Shaw and Romeo pull up at a convenience store in Georgia, their only thought is to fix a faulty tyre and be on their way to Florida. But...

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Face off for another drop into the fascinating world of hockey history with Hockey Hall of Fame True Stories 2. In this follow up to his bestseller, hockey historian and...

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