The Dawn of World Railways 1800-1850 by O.S. Nock

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good. 1972. MacMillan Company. 1st U.S. Edition.

From the foremost authority on railways and trains in the world. Beautiful color illustrations support the text throughout. Everything that you ever needed to know about early railways and trains. A superbly illustrated history of the exciting early years when railways in the broadest sense meant any form of transport run on rails, from wagon-ways, horse drawn, up to the railway age in earnest with quaint locomotives and carriages, awe-inspiring engineering works and superb architecture.