An Outline of Great Western Locomotive Practice, 1837-1947 by H. Holcroft
1957. First Edition. 168 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over brown cloth with a colour illustrated frontis and photographic black and white plates throughout. Moderate tanning to pages with heavier foxing and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Pencil inscriptions to front endpaper and distinctive foxing and tanning to text block edges. Front hinge is cracked with exposed netting. Boards have heavy rubbing and visible bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends and noticeable rubbing to spine. Unclipped jacket with heavy edge wear and areas of loss to edges and spine. There is visible tearing to corners, edges and spine ends.