Extraordinary Railway Journeys by Tom Savio & Anthony Lambert

Extraordinary Railway Journeys (Illustrated Railway Travel in Original Dust Jacket)

A Photographic Tour of 24 of the World's Most Remarkable Railway Journeys, from the Orient Express to Queensland

Bibliographic Specifications

• Title: Extraordinary Railway Journeys
• Authors: Tom Savio & Anthony Lambert
• Editor: Claudia dos Santos
• Publisher: New Holland
• Publication Date: 2004
• ISBN-13: 9781843305972
• ISBN-10: 1843305976
• Binding: Publisher's red cloth boards with illustrated dust jacket.
• Physical Format: Large square-ish coffee-table format, approximately 160 pages. Illustrated with full-page colour photographs and a hand-drawn colour route map for each journey.
• Language: English

Official Condition Report

• The Book: Very Good Plus (VG+)
• Exterior / Boards: The red cloth boards are clean and bright, with no visible marks. The spine is straight, and the corners and edges are sharp.
• Interior: The pages are clean and white, with no foxing, marks or writing. The binding is tight.
• The Dust Jacket: Present. The illustrated jacket, with a colour snowy railway scene on the front and a red back panel, is clean and bright with no visible tears. The back flap carries the author biographies. It is protected in a durable archival-type plastic cover.

Synopsis & Historical Value

Extraordinary Railway Journeys is a lavishly illustrated celebration of the world's great train rides, presenting 24 exceptional routes, from the Venice Simplon-Orient Express to the Savannahlander in Queensland. The selection ranges across six continents, taking in railways in the United States and Canada, Peru, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia.

Each chapter pairs full-page colour photography with a hand-drawn route map, so the reader can follow the line as well as admire the scenery. The text is by a team of travel and railway writers, many of whom also contributed to New Holland's earlier volume, The World's Great Railway Journeys.

Published by New Holland and printed in Singapore, this is a handsome large-format volume for the railway enthusiast, the armchair traveller and the collector of illustrated travel books. This copy is complete with its attractive dust jacket.

Author Profile: Tom Savio & Anthony Lambert

Tom Savio is a freelance photojournalist and broadcaster who specialises in worldwide luxury rail travel. His work has appeared in many American newspapers and in specialist railway magazines.

Anthony Lambert has travelled on the railways of more than 40 countries and written 15 books about his experiences. His other titles include The 50 Greatest Train Journeys of the World (2016), Lost Railway Journeys from Around the World (2018) and Lambert's Railway Miscellany. He has won awards for his travel features and regularly lectures on the railways of the world, including at the Royal Geographical Society.