The Twilight of World Steam by Ziel, Ron and Eagleson, Mike - 1973

Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. Introduction by authors, acknowledgements. Photographic end pages, both different, the front end page showing Spanish National Railways steam train in 1968; and, on the rear page a British steam train photographed in 1966. The text is illustrated, copiously, with black and white photographs and the occasional colour photograph. Brown coloured cloth covered boards with gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. Colour photographic dustwrapper with black coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. In this book the authors travelled the entire world, looking for the last of the working steam trains, in the late 1960s. Such countries as Vietnam, India, Czechoslovakia, New Zealand, Yugoslavia, Argentina, Sudan etc. etc. were investigated and photographs taken of the last working steam trains.  Softening of the backstrip edges with rubbing of the book corners. Softening of the backstrip edges with rubbing of the book corners. Rubbing of the dustwrapper edges and panels; and, the white coloured background has become a little yellowed.  Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. [5], 6 - 303, [1] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Automobiles & Vehicles; Transport ; Trains; ISBN: 0448024322. ISBN/EAN: 9780448024325. Inventory No: 0129730. . 9780448024325 THIS BOOK WEIGHS OVER 1KG WITHOUT PACKING AND EXTRA POST WILL BE REQUIRED FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE AUSTRALIA. PLEASE ENQUIRE FOR COSTS BEFORE YOU ORDER, THANK YOU.