CHINA; RAILWAYS.

£350 · Offered by Peter Harrington · No longer available

Tielu gongwu anquan jishu tujie ("A Pictorial Guide to Railway Safety"). First edition, untraced institutionally, of this pictorial guide for workers on China's rapidly expanding railway network. Each double-page spread includes an illustration and facing textual explanation of best practices. Between 1952 and the year of publication, 6,100 kilometres of new railway lines were laid across the country.

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