The World the Railways Made
by FAITH, NICHOLAS
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
The Bodley Head 1990. Super octavo, green boards with gilt lettering to spine, 360pp, illus, fine, in fine d/w
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- Title
- The World the Railways Made
- Author
- FAITH, NICHOLAS
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Bodley Head 1990
- Keywords
- Nicholas Faith railways history capitalism Britain America Siberia Africa South America technology industrial development navvies financiers social history railway revolution
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Octavo
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- Fine
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...