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British Railway Tickets: Shire Library

Autor Jan Dobrzynski
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 10 oct 2011
In 1838 Thomas Edmondson, an employee of the fledgling Newcastle & Carlisle Railway, revolutionised the ticket issuing process in Britain and left an enduring legacy: the Edmondson ticket.

Purchased as proof of the contract between passenger and railway company, the ticket was a receipt, travel pass and an ephemeral record of almost every train journey ever taken in the British Isles, reflecting the nostalgia of the railways and a period of history when the movement of millions of people brought together England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The railways printed millions of tickets for every conceivable journey and category of passenger.

Most were destroyed after use, but remarkably many survive, in the care of libraries, museums and collectors, and form the basis of a fascinating hobby.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780747808442
ISBN-10: 0747808449
Pagini: 72
Ilustrații: 20 b/w; 60 col
Dimensiuni: 142 x 206 x 5 mm
Greutate: 0.18 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Shire Publications
Seria Shire Library

Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Introduction
The Edmondson Ticket and Railway Travel in Britain
Types of Ticket
How Tickets Tell the Story of a Railway
Modern Tickets
Collecting Railway Tickets
Further Information
Index