The Port of New York. A History of the Rail and Terminal System from the Beginnings to Pennsylvania Station by Carl W Condit - 1980

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1980. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover, 456 pages, b&w illustrations. Dust jacket with light fading to spine. Index, bibliography, notes, black & white photos, maps and illustrations. Record # 378120

University of Chicago Press. DJ in archival cover light edge ware. with a full number line starting with 1. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1980.

University of Chicago Press, 1981 hardback book in near fine condition,dust jacket is good to very good,a history of the rail and terminal system from the beginnings to pennsylvania station. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good.

First printing. Volume, measuring approximately 7.25" x 10", is bound in black cloth, with stamped silver lettering to spine. Book is in fine condition, with firm binding, clean and bright interior. Dust jacket displays very light shelfwear. Illustrated with maps and b&w photos/drawings. This edition includes tables, endnotes, bibliography and index. Jacket is preserved in mylar cover. xvii/456 pages.
""New York," writes Carl Condit, "is probably the world's supreme example of a city shaped by what is equally regarded as the quantitatively supreme example of an urban circulation system." And in his masterful work, illustrated with ninety maps and halftones, Condit demonstrates how the development of New York's railroad and rail terminal system determined the form, shape, and texture of the city. His study takes us from the incorporation of the New York and Harlem Railroad in 1830 to the construction of the Pennsylvania Station.Combining two largely unexplored areas of technical history, the material… Read More

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1980. First. hardcover. very good/very good. Illus. xvii, 456pp. 4to, blue cloth, d.w. sunned on spine portion, d.w. very lightly soiled on back portion. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (1980). First Edition. Very good<br/><br/>

University of Chicago Press, 1980-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!