TRAINS ON AVENUE DE RUMINE: The Book of the World's Greatest Toy and Model Train Collection

Coluzzi, Count Giansanti/Levy, Allen (Preface/Editor)/Levy, Narisa (Translator)/Milet, Jacques; Darphin, Marcel (Additional Text)

ISBN 10: 0904568326 / ISBN 13: 9780904568325

Published by New Cavendish Books, Great Britain, 1982

About this Item

256 pp. Original black pictorial cloth covers w/ titles in gilt. Spine and edges sunned. Rear inner hinge cracked. Original publisher's mylar dust cover, which is clear with printed text, has significant chips and tears to edges. Illust. w/ numerous color photos.

Seller Inventory # 9762TRR

Bibliographic Details

• Title: TRAINS ON AVENUE DE RUMINE: The Book of the World's Greatest Toy and Model Train Collection
• Publisher: New Cavendish Books, Great Britain
• Publication Date: 1982
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0904568326
• ISBN 13: 9780904568325
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Patrice Pascal (Photography)/Nick Nicholson (Additional B/W Photography)/John Cooper (Design)
• Condition: Good or Better
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good-
• Seller catalogs:
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About this title

Synopsis

Very Good Hardcover New 1982. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - 10- 1/2"L x 12 "W Oblong. The first edition, 256 pages, with two 3 page foldouts, over 3,000 items in full colour. "In this book every railway item of the world renowned Giansanti Coluzzi Collection is illustrated in full colour. It is not only one extraordinary man's collection, but also the history of model trains from 1880 - 1980 showing how the toy delveoped into the scale model with a thoroughness never evidenced in any previous book." VERY GOOD HARDCOVER, corners of covers slightly bumped, does not affect text, good slipcase..

Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French