Railway Reconstruction Italy. September 1943 - January 1946.

by CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN FORCE

£1,500 · Offered by Henry Sotheran Ltd

CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN FORCE. Railway Reconstruction Italy. September 1943 - January 1946. [ Rome, Italian State Railway Printing Department. 1946]. Folio. Original printed card wrappers protected by translucent wrapper (a little spotted); pp. xv, 228, [4], 43 (tables], [2], 48 folding maps, plans, and elevations; several folding illustrations misfolded, a few with marginal tears and repairs; otherwise very good. An extremely rare document of the Herculean task of reconstructing and repairing the extensively damaged Italian railway network. One original photograph of a bridge, which is reproduced as text illustration on page 127, is loosely inserted. The only other copy we were able to trace is in the Imperial War Museum. SKU: 2121479

• Binding: Hardcover

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