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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. Images are beautiful bright and vivid. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> Art has played an increasing part in railway development since the first fledgling locomotives of the early 19th century appeared. Railway posters themselves first appeared well over 100 years ago and their images have bombarded travellers all over Great Britain (and indeed the rest of the world) ever since. Some of these have become classic works of art and desirable in many countries with collectors from all walks of life. There are currently no books on British railway posters that cover the whole of the 20th century. This first volume in a series of seven aims to redress this deficiency. We are very fortunate in the United Kingdom to have had a plethora of great poster artists. When trains became affordable and there was a need to travel to get away from the ‘hum-drum’ of city life the many railway companies began to develop the poster as the medium of communicating destinations of interest as well as places to relax. We are very fortunate that the National Railway Museum at York has in its archives a unique and quite wonderful collection of posters paintings and carriage prints so we can show the grandeur that is Scotland through a selection of these works of art. Many have never been published in this way so this is also an insight into the heritage that the NRM at York has saved for generations to come. The Author was granted open access to this fabulous collection with a view to publishing many unseen images of bygone times. (MP)