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London’s Underground – H. F. Howson’s history of the London Underground, in the 1986 Ian Allan edition, tracing the network from the smoky steam days of the first lines to the electric tube railways. Hardcover in its pictorial dust jacket, with Underground map endpapers. A good copy, dated in ink, with a piece cut from the front endpaper.
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London’s Underground by H. F. Howson was first published in 1951. This is the 1986 edition, published by Ian Allan Ltd of Shepperton, Surrey, and printed by Ian Allan Printing at Coombelands in Runnymede. It is bound in black boards with gilt spine lettering and comes in its pictorial dust jacket, the front showing a tube train at the Art Deco station with its famous archer statue.
London’s Undergroundtells the story of the Underground from its beginnings with the steam-hauled sub-surface lines through to the deep-level electric tubes, covering the lines, stations, rolling stock and the engineering that made the system possible. The endpapers reproduce a map of the Underground network.
London’s Underground will appeal to Underground and urban transport enthusiasts, London historians, modellers, and collectors of Ian Allan railway titles.
Condition – Good
Black boards with bright gilt lettering to the spine, clean and square. The pictorial dust jacket is bright and complete, with light rubbing and minor wear to the edges. The front free endpaper carries an ink date, “November 1986”, and a piece has been cut from its upper edge just above. There is light foxing and some toning to the rear endpapers. The binding is sound.
