An Illustrated History of Transport By Anthony Ridley
An Illustrated History of Transport (Collectible First Edition)
The Comprehensive Global Journey from Prehistoric Log Rafts to supersonic Flight and Space Travel
The Comprehensive Global Journey from Prehistoric Log Rafts to supersonic Flight and Space Travel
Bibliographic Specifications
- Title: An Illustrated History of Transport
- Author: Anthony Ridley
- Publisher: William Heinemann Ltd, London
- Publication Date: 1969
- ISBN-10: 0434637208 (Where issued/referenced)
- Edition Details: First Edition, First Impression. Highly sought-after late-1960s transport infrastructure chronicle.
- Binding: Hardcover with original publisher's heavy cloth boards, housed in the original illustrated dust jacket under a protective archive cellophane wrapper.
- Physical Format: Large Octavo (8vo), 186 pages. Lavishly enhanced with rare historical archival diagrams, engineering blueprints, and vintage monochrome photographic plates.
- Language: English
Official Condition Report
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The Book: Very Good (VG)
- Exterior / Boards: The original publisher's heavy cloth boards are clean, firm, and uniform across all edges. The spine is completely straight, robust, tightly bound, and remains structurally undamaged with bright, crisp lettering.
- Interior: Superbly preserved. The internal text pages and fine historic illustration plates are remarkably clean, intact, clear, and bright. Free from handling soils, foxing, thumb marks, previous owner gift inscriptions, or dealer pencil notations.
- Protection: This comprehensive reference work has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far, now beautifully preserved in a professional, removable archival cellophane sleeve.
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The Dust Jacket: Used – Very Good (VG)
- Condition: The original illustrated dust jacket is complete and unclipped. It exhibits some typical, limited signs of vintage storage-related edge wear, light rubbing, and small surface stress lines along the head and tail of the spine. It is free from large chips or deep tears and presents beautifully behind its protective archival cellophane cover.
Synopsis & Historical Value
Published in 1969 by the prestigious publishing house William Heinemann, An Illustrated History of Transport is an extraordinary, sweepingly comprehensive chronicle that traces humanity's mechanical evolution across the earth, sea, and sky. Author Anthony Ridley masterfully charts the complete story of transport development from the primitive days when prehistoric man paddled a fallen log, moving through the centuries to the engineering triumphs of the 'Concorde' supersonic airliner and interstellar space ships. Crucially for railway enthusiasts, Ridley provides an expert, analytical look at how early tracking systems born deep within dark mine-workings slowly broke above ground, evolving with the coming of high-pressure steam power into the massive transcontinental networks that spanned entire continents. This first impression serves as a vital historical record and a beautifully visual addition to any collector's library of industrial history.
Published in 1969 by the prestigious publishing house William Heinemann, An Illustrated History of Transport is an extraordinary, sweepingly comprehensive chronicle that traces humanity's mechanical evolution across the earth, sea, and sky. Author Anthony Ridley masterfully charts the complete story of transport development from the primitive days when prehistoric man paddled a fallen log, moving through the centuries to the engineering triumphs of the 'Concorde' supersonic airliner and interstellar space ships. Crucially for railway enthusiasts, Ridley provides an expert, analytical look at how early tracking systems born deep within dark mine-workings slowly broke above ground, evolving with the coming of high-pressure steam power into the massive transcontinental networks that spanned entire continents. This first impression serves as a vital historical record and a beautifully visual addition to any collector's library of industrial history.
Author Profile: Anthony Ridley
Anthony Ridley is a highly respected British transport historian, archivist, and researcher specializing in the socio-economic impact of industrial engineering leaps. Known for his meticulous archival research, strict reliance on unvarnished historical accounts, and clear, highly accessible narrative pacing, Ridley spent decades translating massive industrial case studies into gripping reference books. His late-1960s monographs are tightly held within private libraries and are widely recognized for preserving the fascinating visual history of human transit infrastructure.
Anthony Ridley is a highly respected British transport historian, archivist, and researcher specializing in the socio-economic impact of industrial engineering leaps. Known for his meticulous archival research, strict reliance on unvarnished historical accounts, and clear, highly accessible narrative pacing, Ridley spent decades translating massive industrial case studies into gripping reference books. His late-1960s monographs are tightly held within private libraries and are widely recognized for preserving the fascinating visual history of human transit infrastructure.
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