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Published by Macmillian Company of Australia, Melboune, 1982
ISBN 10: 0333338537ISBN 13: 9780333338537
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. photos (black and white), x, 86p. Original black cloth. Square 26 cm. dj.
Published by Macmillan, South Melbourne, 1982
Seller: The Known World Bookshop, Ballarat, VIC, Australia
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Ellis, Rennie (illustrator). 1st Edition. Pristine. This large book may require a freight adjustment.
Published by Macmillan Company of Australia Pty. Ltd., Artarmon NSW,, 1982
Seller: lamdha books, Wentworth Falls, NSW, Australia
Quarto; hardcover, with decorated endpapers; 86pp., with many monochrome illustrations. Mild wear; light softening to the spine extremities; random spotting to the preliminaries; previous owner's ink inscription to the verso of the flyleaf. Mild edgewear and spotting to the dustwrapper (now professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film). Very good. Postage quoted is for a standard format octavo book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight. The fantastic and practical, the extravagant and economical, the classical and neo-Gothic, the grandiose and the purely functional are among the railway stations recorded here. In its day the refreshment stops were eagerly anticipated not only for want of sustenance offered but for the opportunity to punctuate the journey. There would be a rush to the refreshment counter, or a drink at the bar; one could walk up front to the locomotive, sweating steam from every joint and glinting with the recent application of oil on the running gear; feel the heat and listen to the beat of the compressor or catch a glimpse of the activity on the footplate. The romance of rail travel is with us yet though largely eclipsed by other forms of transport. Today the steam engine has been pensioned off, the branch line motors, the mixed trains and the roadside freights have mostly run their last trips in revenue service and the remaining passenger services corner a small share of the travel market. The picturesque backwaters of the system have been pruned and many stations reduced to the status of unattended halts. Weeds proliferate amongst the ruins where locomotives were watered and made ready for the road. The doors of countless goods-sheds are locked fast and pigeons roost where we once waited, not so long ago, for 'the pass'. The last surviving element of the transport scene are the stations in their erstwhile magnificence and comfort; their fading wallpapers and elegant fire surrounds, the waiting room appointments and the carved timber refreshment room bars. This book captures them all - from the resort stations, commuter stations, the big city terminals and the unimportant flag stops. Magnificent photography from Rennie Ellis.
Published by Macmillan Co. of Australia, 1982. ISBN 0333338537., 1982
Seller: Alexander Fax Booksellers, Mawson, ACT, Australia
Hard cover dust wrapper, squared quarto, 86pp. B&w illustrations. Dust wrapper edges worn, with some chips partic at top and bottom of folds. A 3cm tear at top of front fold. Now protected. Board edges worn partic at corners. Non-authorial inscription at top right of half-title. Otherwise internally good.
Published by Macmillan of Australia, South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1982
ISBN 10: 0333338537ISBN 13: 9780333338537
Seller: Train World Pty Ltd, North Brighton, VIC, Australia
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Ellis, Rennie (illustrator). 1st Edition. 86 Pages with Black/White Photos. A nostalgic record of a group of historic buildings that once symbolized the development of a continent and now face extinction with the decline of the railway systems. Not Signed.
Published by MacMillan Sydney 1982, 1982
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
First Edition
1st edition hardback with dust jacket Very Good quarto x + 86pp., b/w plates, With fine photographs by the great social photographer Rennie Ellis.
Published by MacMillan Sydney 1982, 1982
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
First Edition
1st edition hardback with dust jacket Nice copy quarto x + 86pp., b/w plates, With fine photographs by the great social photographer Rennie Ellis.
Published by Macmillan, South Melbourne, 1982., 1982
Seller: Camberwell Books & Collectibles Pty Ltd, HAWTHORN EAST, VIC, Australia
86 pp, quarto, illustrated end papers, b&w photographic plates and illustrations, fine copy in like, pictorial d/j.
Published by Macmillan Company of Australia, South Melbourne, 1982
ISBN 10: 0333338537ISBN 13: 9780333338537
Seller: Empire Books, Victoria, BC, Canada
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine/As New. Rennie Ellis/Photography (illustrator). First Edition. 86pp/ Striking black and white pictures with good historical background and current status (1982).