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Books : City Transit Buses of the 20th Century (A Photo Gallery)In association with Amazon.com List Price: $29.95 Amazon.com's Price: $23.66 You Save: $6.29 (21%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 388.413220973 EAN: 9781583881460 ISBN: 1583881468 Label: Iconografix Manufacturer: Iconografix Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 160 Publication Date: October 16, 2005 Publisher: Iconografix Studio: Iconografix Sales Rank: 650796 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Packed with high quality black and white photographs, this feast for bus aficionados features the city transit buses that operated throughout the 20th century. Over 300 heavily captioned photos provide a wealth of information on city transit buses, the companies that built them and the companies that operated them. As well as providing a fascinating look at the wide range of transit buses built and operated in the 20th century, the authors explore the forces at work in the bus industry that brought about the vast improvements made in transit systems and bus design. Bus and transit enthusiasts will come back to this book over and over. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - What a Great Bus Book!If you have an interest in buses, this is definitely the book for you! It has such an array of photographs, many of very good quality. There's double deckers, a fishbowl on rails, and pictures of UMTA's transbus entries from the 70's. Never knew that in the 90's, Northrup Grumman tried to enter the bus business. Nor did I know that there was a "non-electrically powered RTS trolley bus" running in Dayton, Ohio (to clear the wires for the real trolleybuses). The only thing missing from ... Read More Rating: - Very nice review of North American buses through the yearsIconografix has produced a number of bus books since 1999, but most of these focused on a single manufacturer or line of buses. This was the first book they published which looks at the overall development of the North American transit bus, and it is a worthwhile addition to the transit fan or automotive enthusiasts collection. In response to the previous negative review - yes, the only color photograph in this book appears on the cover and that is unfortunate. However, there have been ... Read More Rating:  - Black and white pics onlyTHe pics are in black and white only. Unfortunately, all the buses pretty much look the same in black and white. Judging from the cover you would think the pics would be in color. I ordered the book and had to send it back. Browse for similar items by category:
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