London Bus and Tram Album

Edité par Ian Allan, 1962

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Ah, 1962: when telephones had manners, conductors had change, and publishers didn?t bother with ISBNs because civilisation still ran on timetables and tea. This Ian Allan number from V. H. Darling arrives like a well-kept single-decker at dusk?quietly, exactly when you want it, and wearing a coat of mid-century competence. The title? Let?s call it what it is: an elegant slice of early-sixties transport romanticism bound between covers and printed with that crisp, confident gravitas Ian Allan used for things that moved properly. Darling?s lens (and it does feel like a lens, even when the page is text) treats machines as characters and streets as supporting cast. You get the choreography of Britain in motion: the poised pause at the kerb; the slack moment between whistle and whoosh; the unsung poetry of a destination blind or enamel sign holding its nerve in the drizzle. Everything?s composed with the calm assurance of a timetable clerk who moonlights as a poet. Even the margins feel punctual. This is the era before sheen swallowed texture. Metal looks like metal, paint looks like it?s doing a job, and uniforms sit with that squared-off dignity that says ?last pressed on a Sunday.? Darling notices the small, generous details?an inspector?s half-smile, a platform porter performing a micro-ballet with a luggage trolley, a road marking pretending to be a staff line for the day?s quiet music. It?s a Britain just modern enough to be efficient and just old enough to be charming, caught in the exact 1/125th of a second where both are true. Ian Allan?s production is the publishing equivalent of a well-oiled hinge: plates that are crisp without boasting, captions that know when to raise an eyebrow, layouts that breathe like a waiting room with the window cracked open. You turn the pages and hear the soft clack of reality?the kind that predates plastic shine and post-everything irony (though we?re supplying a little of that now, gratis). And the ISBN? There isn?t one, because 1962 was built of sturdier stuff: ink, rivets, and institutional fonts that could calm a riot. No barcode, no nonsense?just the quiet authority of ?this exists because it ought to,? which is honestly very soothing. Condition: Very Good ?the bookish equivalent of a perfectly tuned idle. Corners are crisp like new timetable day; the spine sits straight and sensible; pages turn with the polite hush of a guard closing a door by hand. Expect the faintest whisper of shelf-life (character, not damage), as if it has been rehearsing being a classic and is now ready for opening night. Proudly purveyed by Crappy Old Books ?the name?s a wink, the stock?s a treat. Details for your card index: (1962) by V. H. Darling . Publisher: Ian Allan . ISBN: none , with panache. Condition: Very Good . Recommended for readers who like their nostalgia roadworthy, their captions dry, and their history told at a brisk but humane service frequency.…

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Détails bibliographiques

Titre
London Bus and Tram Album
Auteur
VH Darling
Éditeur
Ian Allan
Année de publication
1962
État de l'article
Very Good
Reliure
Hardback

Crappy Old Books

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