The Golden Age of Railway Posters by Palin, Michael [Introduction] - 2015-09-01

Hardback. Very Good.

Batsford, September 2015. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Minor rubbing to some edges and corners of the DJ. DJ is now protected by a mylar cover. Binding is tight and square. Pages are very clean and bright with no markings.

London, England: Batsford / Pavilion Books, 2015. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 96pp. Illustrated w full-page colour reproductions of railroad posters and historical bw photos in text. Yellow endpapers. Remainder mark on bottom edge of text block. Colour illustrated green boards are clean, showing tiny scuff to corners. Binding square and sound. Colour illustrated DJ - identical to boards - is clean and without edgewear. Octavo. First published in the UK by Pavilion Books (1987) and containing reproductions of posters from The British Railway Board and The Tindale Collection, with a new Introduction by Michael Palin.

Published by Batsford, Pavilion Books, 2015. 1st thus edition.. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper. Introduced by Palin. A celebration of the heyday of advertising graphic art - the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. Pictorial boards. Colour and b/w vintage illustrations. Light rubbing to corners, Lower corners of boards a little bumped. Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is also lightly rubbed at corners.