Trowbridge: The Cromwell Press Ltd. Very Good/Very Good. Date: 2005. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo 0955025702 Dust jacket complete, unclipped, in clear protective sleeve. Blue cloth covered boards with bright silver titling on spine. Illustrated end papers. No ownership inscription. 266 pages clean and tight. The scope and span of this book brings together the story of railways in a historical and geographical context. Steel Wheels describes the feats of the engineers who designed locomotives and bridges that made the world marvel and presents the work of the architects who created astonishing buildings for the new world of the railway. It also tells how artists, writers and travellers - who had never before seen or imagined these extraordinary machines powered by fire and water and belching smoke, steam and noise - responded to the whole concept of railways. Chapter by chapter the book outlines the ways in which railways were a source of ideas and even of inspiration for writers, and how they were depicted in art, from the earliest lithographs to surrealist painting. It covers the emergence of railway photography as a genre, the role of the railways in the movies and in music and it gives accounts of rail journeys made by all kinds of travellers from the very rich to the dispossessed. Steel Wheels is a celebration of the railways and of their enduring effect on our collective imagination . 2005. The Cromwell Press Ltd ISBN 0955025702 9780955025709 ...

ISBN10: 0955025702, ISBN13: 9780955025709, [publisher: Cannwood Press] Hardcover Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
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ISBN10: 0955025702, ISBN13: 9780955025709, [publisher: Cannwood Press, Chailey] Hardcover 1st edition. A tidy copy in tight binding. "The evolution of the railways and how they excited engineers, architects, artists and writers", Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dustjacket
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Chailey Cannwood Press 2005 Hard cover Used-Very Good. VG hardback in VG dustjacket. 1st edition. A tidy copy in tight binding. "The evolution of the railways and how they excited engineers, architects, artists and writers",