Buy this book on-line Heiron, George F : The Majesty of British SteamIan Allan Ltd, 1973
The books shows signs of shelve rubbing. The dust cover has a torn on the front edge where it folds over. The book will still look good with cellophane. B.K.. Book Condition: Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Fair Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Heiron, George F : The Majesty of British Steam. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. HEIRON, GEORGE F: : The Majesty of British SteamLONDON.IAN ALLAN LTD.,1973. ISBN 071100482X.
UK,landscape 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE+/NFINE. Ink,familial,birthday gift presentation inscrptn (son to father) to ffe,and price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour painting artwork,by George Heiron,illustrated dw/dj,with black+brown lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.A small closed tear with miniscule loss to head of spine/backstrip of dw/dj.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,would appear unread apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original,plain green cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers - inscrptn excepted.UK,slim,landscape 8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,104pp [unpaginated] includes half-title+title pages,list of plates,a 3pp introduction by O.S. Nock,and 48 colour painting artwork illustrations by artist G. Heiron,each accompanied with text/caption by O.S.Nock.
Over the past two decades (then 1970s) George Heiron has built up an unrivalled reputation as a railway artist for his unique ability to blend meticulous detail with a vivid impression of the pulsating life that characterised a steam railway scene.For this book he has specially
produced 48 superb paintings of British locomotives in action.The subjects range over the whole of this century,from colourful single-drivers,4-4-0s and Atlantics of the pre-1923 railway to the big 4-6-0s and Pacifics of the LMS,LNER,GWR and SR,and finally British Railway's 'Britannia' Pacific.They have been carefully selected as representative of the development of the British steam passenger locomotive since 1900.All but two of the plates in the book have never previously been published.The plates are reproduced on heavy art paper for maximum realism.The renowned railway writer O.S. Nock contributes a lively introduction and captions the portfolio,which is sure to become one of the most valued of all
collector's items of the steam railway era in the years to come.
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