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VAUGHAN**, ADRIAN: : SIGNALMAN'S TWILIGHT

LONDON.JOHN MURRAY (PUBLISHERS) LTD.,1988.

ISBN 0719539730.

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,reprint.[First published 1983,this edn in 1988 - its 1st reprint.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and unclipped dw/dj - absence of publisher's price - so possibly an export edn.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy,red background to montaged b/w photographic illustrated dw'dj,back+front with white,black-outlined orange lettering to front,similar to a non-sunned/faded spine/backstrip,similarly non-sunned/faded letters to rear panel; all with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread,other than my own collation.Publisher's bright, crisp,clean and unblemished,sharp-cornered, original plain black cloth boards,with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettered spine/ backstrip,and immaculate,repeated b/w regional map illustrated sets of endpapers. UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,reprint,2-196pp [paginated] includes 13 chapters and an Epilogue,with 16pp contemporary b/w autobiographical,biographical and scenic photographs in 1 block,between pp84/5, appendices (1-8) and an Index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title page,a dedication with an epigram to verso (verse from 'A Shropshire Lad', A.E. Houseman), contents list/table with acknowledgements to verso,illustrations list/table and author Prologue. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation. Adrian Vaughan's first volume of railway memoirs,'Signalman's Morning - see my book ID rja1006522,delighted even those who thought that the iron way held no magic. In 'Signalman's Twilight' he continues the story of his life as a signalman at Challow station in rural Berkshire.In 1961 the Western Region of British Railways was still very much Great Western Railway in spirit: the engines,men and equipment served the villages of the Vale of the White Horse with their traffic of coal, sugar beet,farm implements and horses as they had done for scores of years.Adrian Vaughan revelled in the old-world atmosphere and seized every advantage while off duty to taalk with the older railwaymen,to vist other signal boxes,and to ride the footplates of goods engines and express locomotives alike.'Signalman's Twilight' recalls the hard work and skill of railway operation in all seasons through the eyes of an experienced worker devoted to steam. If his earlier volume is imbued with the optimism of the bright morning of youth,the 'Signalman's Twilight is elegiac.Adrian Vaughan tells movingly how the shadow of Dr Beeching's Axe loomed across the workplace he loved; how he tried,virtually singlehandedly,to save it: and how - inexorably - the Axe slashed,destroying not only a rural station but a happy,settled way of life. He was a signalman for fourteen years and an amateur footplateman for six.His story is gripping and if it leaves you hungry for the first volume,'Signalman's Morning' - see my book ID rja1006522 for an example of that title. He produced his first book on his beloved railway in 1971 and has produced over thirty books to date. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** This item offered P+p included.Offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj, reprint.
Not SIGNED.

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