Reading Diesels Volume 1: The First Generation

Laury's Station: Garrigues House Publishers, 1991. Very Good/Good. Laury's Station: Garrigues House Publishers, 1991. First Edition. 215 color photographs plus additional document reproductions. Five-color system map on front endpapers. Pictorial dust jacket. Army green boards stamps in gold front panel and spine. Dust jacket lacking large triangular chip (2" x 1.5") and additional thin strip (3.5") at bottom edge of front. Jacket shows additional creases, crinkles, minor chips and tears at other edges and spine crown and foot-all lovingly repaired by previous owner with much-deployed scotch tape. Binding near pristine. Textblock unmarred and unmarked.

"In Volume 1 the reader will become acquainted with the fascinating variety of diesel locomotives on the Reading between 1926 and 1961 . . . . This volume also chronicles the development of the diesel from yard switcher to road freight and road passenger service.