The Lore of the Train
by Ellis, C. Hamilton
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 1566199166
- ISBN 13
- 9781566199162
- Seller
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About This Item
New York: Barnes & Noble, 1995. 4to size pictorial hardcover with matching illustrated dust jacket. Loaded with lovely black and white and color vintage illustrations and diagrams. Many full page, full color illustrations Endpapers are illustrated. Even the Contents page is illustrated! 240 pages including index. From dust jacket: "All important developments in the history of the train are illustrated by detailed drawings, many of them fully and accurately colored, while the picturesque side of the subject is rendered by reproductions of woodcuts, engravings and fine paintings... All important national contributions to the development of this remarkable machine are faithfully recorded, and the story is continuous from the first invention containing all the elements that make up a train, Richard Trevithick's 1804 Penydarren Tramroad in South Wales, to the introduction of the latest electric trains, most notably at this stage in Japan." Contents include: Mid-Nineteenth Century The Years of Monopoly Steam Challenged The Train in Our Time The Future of the Train In as new condition. Additional shipping charges may apply to this item. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Pictorial Cover. As New/As New. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Charity Bookstall (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000101
- Title
- The Lore of the Train
- Author
- Ellis, C. Hamilton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- ISBN 10
- 1566199166
- ISBN 13
- 9781566199162
- Publisher
- Barnes & Noble
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1995
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Keywords
- travel, transporation, Trains, Models;train; Railroad; Railroads; Hobos;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Transportation, Railroad; Travel;
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