GRAND CENTRAL TERMINAL : Railroads, Engineering, and Architecture in New York City ( signed )

Schlichting, Kurt C.

ISBN 10: 0801865107 / ISBN 13: 9780801865107

Published by Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltmore , MD, 2001

About this Item

1st. Edition , 1st. Printing 2001 . Hardcover in the dust jacket , 243 page book.Ilustrated with images of the architecture in New York City . This copy is also signed and dated by the author on the first title page and then again on the main title page . Condition : As New . Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.

Seller Inventory # 081521-Z

Bibliographic Details

• Title: GRAND CENTRAL TERMINAL : Railroads, Engineering, and Architecture in New York City ( signed )
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltmore , MD
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0801865107
• ISBN 13: 9780801865107
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: author
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • U.S. History / Military History / History / Wor...
  • Signed Editions
  • Americana / Architecture

About this title

Synopsis

More than a history of a train station--the story of a city and an age, as reflected in a building aptly described as a secular cathedral.

About the Author

Kurt C. Schlichting is a professor of sociology and the E. Gerald Corrigan '63 Chair in the Humanities and Social Sciences at Fairfield University. His book Grand Central Terminal: Railroads, Engineering, and Architecture in New York City, also published by Johns Hopkins, won the Professional/Scholarly Publishing Award in Architecture from the Association of American Publishers.