Railroad Vision: Photography, Travel, and Perception Tapa dura - 2003

Oxford University Press, Incorporated. Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 2003. 1st. hardcover. Oblong 4to, 264 pp. .

Los Angeles:: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2003., 2003. Oblong 8vo. xv, 164 pp. Frontis., profusely illus., including color, index. Gilt-stamped brown cloth, dust-jacket. Burndy bookplate. Fine. STUNNING PLATES! ISBN: 0892367261

J Paul Getty Museum Pubns, 2003. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 180 pages. 8.50x11.00x0.75 inches.

J. Paul Getty Museum, 2003. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine.

Los Angeles, California, USA: Getty Publications, 2003. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. 295mm x 225mm x 23mm. 164 Pages with Black/White Photos. In 1830 the British actress Fanny Kemble described the sensation of riding in a train as "strange beyond description." This revolutionary new mode of transportation came into being at almost exactly the same time as an equally revolutionary new invention: photography. The two would radically change our perception of time, space, and our place in the world, leading to a new way of seeing that Anne M. Lyden, in this thoroughly engaging account, calls "railroad vision." In Lyden's words: "It is difficult for one to fully grasp how revolutionary these two nineteenth-century innovations were, yet their mutually beneficial relationship has shaped our experience of the modern world." With more than one hundred photographs, many from the collection of the Getty Museum, Railroad Vision illustrates the parallel histories of railroads and… Leer más

Museum Publications. New. 2003. Hardcover. 0892367261 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened -- 180 pages; 23 color and 107 duotone illustrations. Description: "In 1830 the British actress Fanny Kemble described the sensation of riding in a train as strange beyond description. This revolutionary new mode of transportation came into being at almost exactly the same time as an equally revolutionary new invention: photography. The two would radically change our perception of time, space, and our place in the world, leading to a new way of seeing that Anne M. Lyden, in this thoroughly engaging account, calls railroad vision. In Lyden's words: It is difficult for one to fully grasp how revolutionary these two nineteenth-century innovations were, yet their mutually beneficial relationship has shaped our experience of the modern world. With more than… Leer más