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  • Puck's Broom: The Wonderful Adventures of George Henry and his Dog Alexander who Went to Seek their Fortunes in the Once upon a Time Land

    by Edgar Gordon Browne ...
    GEORGE HENRY was born under a lucky star, which means that a star laughed when he came into the world. This happens to very, very few of us; perhaps it is because we are born naughty and ready to be stood in the corner at once. The fairies knew all about George Henry, however, and were delighted, for he was a darling boy. Puck brought them the news wrapped up in a leaf and packed inside a nutshell ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Industrial Locomotives & Railways of Cumbria

    by Gordon Edgar ...
    Series series Industrial Locomotives & Railways of ...
    The industrial and minor railways of the former counties of Cumberland and Westmorland are neglected topics deserving of greater attention. West Cumberland has traditionally been a mining, steel-making and quarrying region, with some areas of rail-served industry surviving today. Standard and narrow gauge railways and their locomotives have supported these industries for over a century, a small ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Industrial Locomotives & Railways of the South and West of England

    by Gordon Edgar ...
    Series series Industrial Locomotives & Railways of ...
    In this second volume in a regional series exploring industrial locomotives and railways in England, Wales and Scotland, we move on to Southern England and the West Country. This region, stretching from Kent to Cornwall, was blessed with many varied and intriguing industrial railway systems, which served power stations, collieries, paper mills, docks, quarries, brickworks and the lesser-visited ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Journey's End: The Vanishing Steam Era Around the World

    by Gordon Edgar ...
    As a conclusion to his popular series of industrial railways in the regions around the UK, as well two volumes examining steam locomotives at work in industry around the world, here Gordon Edgar looks at the vanishing steam era worldwide. In the main, this book covers the last quarter of a century, both on main and secondary railway lines and in industry, in countries such as China, Myanmar, ... Read more

    $14.19 USD

  • Journey's End: Locomotives and Rolling Stock for Scrap in Great Britain

    by Gordon Edgar ...
    The storage and ultimate disposal of redundant or worn-out railway locomotives and rolling stock is a much-overlooked subject, but is most certainly an important aspect of railway history, deserving documentation and photographic attention. Subjects covered here include locomotives and rolling stock that had already been taken out of regular service, either present at motive power depots awaiting ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The World's Last Steam Locomotives in Industry: The 21st Century

    by Gordon Edgar ...
    Following on from his popular series examining industrial steam in regions of the UK, Gordon Edgar looks at a series of fascinating workings around the world during the final days of steam in industry. A number of globe-trotting trips in the latter part of the twentieth century and early twenty-first produced a remarkable record of steam at work in locations as varied as Germany, Austria, Poland, ... Read more

    $14.19 USD

  • British Austerity Saddle Tanks

    The Amberley Railway Archive Volume 2

    by Gordon Edgar ...
    Series Book 2 - The Amberley Railway Archive
    The Austerity saddle tank, a 1942 design born out of necessity during wartime Britain and intended for just two years of rigorous service as a general purpose shunting locomotive, far exceeded the original expectations of the Hunslet Engine Company design. In fact construction was to continue until 1964, with a total of 485 locomotives ultimately being turned out by seven different manufacturers. ... Read more

    $14.19 USD

  • The World's Last Steam Locomotives in Industry: The 20th Century

    by Gordon Edgar ...
    Following on from his popular series examining industrial steam in regions of the UK, Gordon Edgar looks at a series of fascinating workings around the world during the final days of steam in industry. Numerous globe-trotting trips in the latter part of the twentieth and early twenty-first century by the author, and other talented photographers, has produced a remarkable record of steam at work in ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Cheesemonger

    A Life on the Wedge

    by Gordon Edgar ...
    Witty and irreverent, informative and provocative, Cheesemonger: A Life on the Wedge is the highly readable story of Gordon Edgar's unlikely career as a cheesemonger at San Francisco's worker-owned Rainbow Grocery Cooperative. A former punk-rock political activist, Edgar bluffed his way into his cheese job knowing almost nothing, but quickly discovered a whole world of amazing artisan cheeses. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Industrial Locomotives & Railways of The North East

    by Gordon Edgar ...
    Series series Industrial Locomotives & Railways of ...
    Continuing his series of regional books reviewing the industrial railways of England, Wales and Scotland, author Gordon Edgar looks at the railways of what is today Northumbria, County Durham and Teesside, covering a period of the last six decades, with an emphasis upon the former National Coal Board railways. This is the eighth volume in the series, covering an area once proudly boasting ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Industrial Locomotives & Railways of Scotland

    by Gordon Edgar ...
    Series series Industrial Locomotives & Railways of ...
    This is the ninth volume in the ten-part series of regional books examining the industrial railways of England, Scotland and Wales. Like elsewhere in Britain, changes have been far-reaching in industry, and Scotland has certainly suffered considerably in recent decades with the loss of its traditional coal mining, steel and manufacturing industries, especially many of those that were once located ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Cheddar

    A Journey to the Heart of Americas Most Iconic Cheese

    by Gordon Edgar ...
    "Both thought-provoking and fun"—Paul Kindstedt, author of Cheese and CultureOne of the oldest, most ubiquitous, and beloved cheeses in the world, the history of cheddar is a fascinating one. Over the years it has been transformed, from a painstakingly handmade wheel to a rindless, mass-produced block, to a liquefied and emulsified plastic mass untouched by human hands. The Henry Fordism of ... Read more

    $12.99 USD