L. T. C. Rolt [Lionel Thomas Caswall Rolt] — The Making of a Railway

London, Hugh Evelyn, 1971. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this work on the building of the great central railway, with many interesting photographic illustrations capturing the workers and the building process, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression. Illustrated throughout with many monochrome photographs by S. W. A. Newton.In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. This work was written by Lionel Thomas Caswall Rolt, an English writer best known for his many biographical works on civil engineering figures such as Brunel and Telford. This work discusses the building of the Great Central Railway from Nottingham to London, focuses on how it was built and the men who built it.  In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally very smart with very minimal scattered damp stains to the extremities of the boards and spine, and minor bumping to the extremities. The wrap is very smart with sunning to the spine, the odd small closed tear to the extremities and tape repair to the verso. Internally firmly bound with clean and very lightly age toned pages with an owner's ink inscription to the half title. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: S. W. A. Newton. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.