Challis, Joe

A Life with Steam

Swanage, Dorset, UK: Finial Publishing / Buxworth Steam Group, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (standard sized). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. Lovely colored endpaper map of the Basildon area. xxvii, 292 p. w/b&w illus, glossary, recommended reading, personalities, appendices, index, and a brief bit on th development of steam ploughing. A memoir of the days of steam ploughing in the heart of England by one the few experts of the time on the topic, who had worked with them since the age of 14. Very good / very good. Item #19761

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