MIND THE CURVE! - A History of the Cable Trams de JOHN D KEATING - 1980-01-01

Melbourne University Press, Australia, 1980. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Reprint. Size: 8vo Octavo (8 to 9 inches). Text body is clean & unmarked. Binding tight, spine fine. ISBN: 0522840361. ISBN/EAN: 9780522840360..

Melbourne: Melbourne University Press (MUP), 1972. 1st p//b ed.. Paperback trade, good condition, black & white photos, few drawings, maps, corners some pages little creased, light foxing edges, spine & top corner tip rear cover creased, white background rear cover marked, few foxed spots flyleaf & inside front cover, some edgewear. 155 pp. An amazingly detailed and illustrated history of the long-gone tramways of Melbourne, and a comparison with the similar trams in Chicago and San Francisco (the Melbourne network is more complex and had greater public importance). The colourful cable tram was the major street transport over two generations for Melbourne and many other major cities of the late 19th century. Melbourne's last tram made its final quiet journey down Bourke Street on 26 October 1940. The gripman gave his last traditional warning call to passengers: 'Mind the curve!' (First paperback edition. Sydney trams not mentioned. Loosely inserted: Newspaper clipping about… Leer más