John Neville Greaves
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SIR EDWARD WATKIN 1819-1901: THE LAST OF THE RAILWAY KINGS
Written by John Neville Greaves.
Stock no. 1829597
Published by The Book Guild Ltd..
1st
2005.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Biography of Edward Watkin, a leading entrepreneur of the Victorian age. His main life work was the chairmanship of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway, but he had a profound influence on many other railways in Britain, Canada and India. He was also an MP for twenty-four years, and a friend of Gladstone. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. xi and 373 pages including index. ISBN: 1857768884. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. Top edge of text block is grubby. Previous owner's bookplate to front endpaper. Else contents clean. Price-cut green dustwrapper is faded at flap edges and top front edge, tiny patch of wear to top front corner, lightly scuffed.