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World Railways of the Nineteenth Century: a Pictorial History in Victorian
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World Railways of the Nineteenth Century: a Pictorial History in Victorian Engravings Hardcover - 2005

by Harter, Jim

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Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. Very Good. 2005. Second Printing. Hardcover. 0801880890 . There are over 360 plates of wood engravings from 91 different publications illustrating the development of railroads, railway equipment, controversies, hazards, etc. from around the world. The author's text in each chapter helps the reader to understand the evolution of railroading in the 19th century. Original gray cloth publisher's covers with gilt spine and cover lettering and a color pictorial paston of a locomotive on the front cover. There is some light scuffing to the rear cover and a couple of faint scuffs to the front, else this is a nice clean, tight and unmarked book with no interior or exterior markings, no previous owner names and no bookplates. This large, heavy book was not issued with a dust jacket. Priority and international delivery will be extra. Please inquire if you would like more information. ; B&W Color & B&W Illustrations, Map; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 550 pages .
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RAILWAY technology traces its origins at least as far back as ancient Greece, where carts were pushed or pulled between parallel lines of stone slabs.

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