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| Shopify Unique ID: | 10561362329892 |
| SKU: | A4/2407/0265/T703 |
| Trademe Reference: | PR1409 (412) |
| Category: |
Trains / Trams / Rail |
| New / Used: | Used |
Description
RAILWAYS AND ROADS IN PIONEER DEVELOPMENT OVERSEAS: A Study of Their Comparative Economics
by J. Edwin Holmstrom
DESCRIPTION
Format: medium hardcover with dust jacket
Published: P.S. King & Son 1934, 1st edition
Size (mm): 150 w x 220 h x 35 h
Pages: 304
SKU: A4/2407/0265/T703
ABOUT
Road and rail history.
The author, an engineer with practical experience overseas, has collected and collated on quite new lines a great amount of original data from Asiatic, African and other countries with the object of establishing and illustrating the proper relative scope under such conditions for railways, road transport and the two combined - due account being taken of the capital, renewals, maintenance and operating costs in respect both of the way and works and of the rolling stock, and of the indirect benefits which accrue to a country through the presence of means of transport.
Includes graphs and tables.
CONDITION
Excellent with wear/marks on dust jacket and spotting on page edges, name/faint marks on end paper, pages otherwise clean and unmarked.
IMAGES
Are of the actual item and depict all need to know detail.
REMARKS
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