Streamlined: A Metaphor for Progress : The Esthetics of Minimized Drag. This item is unavailable.
Language: English
Published by Chronicle Books Llc, 1995
- Softcover
- Used

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Quarto, 11 1/4" tall, 271 pages with b&W illustration throughout + color plates, stiff illustrated wraps. A very good, clean, neat hard cover with light shelf wear, binding tight BUT foxing to the fore-edges. This is a larger and heavier volume and will require additional postage.
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- Title
- Streamlined: A Metaphor for Progress : The Esthetics of Minimized Drag
- Author
- Lichtenstein, Claude; Engler, Frans
- Publisher
- Chronicle Books Llc
- Publication year
- 1995
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1568980655
- ISBN 13
- 9781568980652
- Edition
- First paperback edition.
- Item weight
- 42 ounces
- Dimensions
- 9x1x12
- Seller catalogs
- Art
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Reviews
This sophisticated and charming book edited by two Swiss architects surveys the phenomenon of streamlining in transportation design during the first half of the 20th century. It covers ships, trains, planes, and automobiles as well as dirigibles and motor scooters. With its generous illustrations and succinct essays, it reads more like the catalog of a museum exhibition than a straightforward historical text. The photographic material, including a ten-page color portfolio, is especially valuable?chock-full of period detail. Well priced, this book serves sophisticated tastes and will be a fine addition to specialized collections.?Peter S. Kaufman, Boston Architectural Ctr.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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