Labyrinths of Iron; A History of the World's Subways
by Bobrick, Benson
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0882252992
- ISBN 13
- 9780882252995
- Seller
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Newsweek Books [0-88225-299-2] 1981. (Hardcover) 352pp. Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket. Photographs, illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. The dust jacket is price-clipped and repaired with clear tape at the top edge. "This is the story of the world's subways, told as never before. Within its epic sweep are found heroic adventures, spectacular engineering feats, bitter death. A remarkable cast of characters - noble, cynical, corrupt - play out their strangely intertwining roles as a legend and dream is gradually realized in iron and steel". Book about Subways & Tunnels. (Transportation, Cities, Transportation).
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- Bookseller
- Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 151448
- Title
- Labyrinths of Iron; A History of the World's Subways
- Author
- Bobrick, Benson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0882252992
- ISBN 13
- 9780882252995
- Publisher
- Newsweek Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 1981
- Keywords
- Transportation, Cities, Transportation
- Bookseller catalogs
- Transportation;
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Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
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Winnipeg, Manitoba
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