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Stuart Hands - Road Signs (Shire Album) - 9780747805311 - 9780747805311
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Road Signs (Shire Album)

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Description for Road Signs (Shire Album) Paperback. Featuring road signs, direction, warning, boundary, and advisory, this book covers various aspects of traffic signage and signs. Series: Shire Album S. Num Pages: 32 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; WGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 203 x 3. Weight in Grams: 96.
Road signs have never attracted the interest that railway signs have, perhaps because they are so commonplace. There have been direction signs ever since man began to travel, and boundary signs too, have a long history. Warning signs, however, did not become necessary until cycling and motoring became established at the end of the nineteenth century. Since then the British government has sought to regulate all aspects of traffic signage and signs are often altered to keep abreast of developments, but neverthless signs from bygone days can still be observed along Britain's highways today.

Product Details

Publisher
Shire Publications Ltd
Number of pages
32
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Series
Shire Album S.
Condition
New
Number of Pages
32
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780747805311
SKU
9780747805311
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-3

About Stuart Hands
Stuart Hands interest in boundary markers and finger posts started early in life and he has photographed many of these fast disappearing artefacts while travelling throughout Britain in the course of his work and thus gained considerable expertise in traffic signs. In 1988 he joined the Devon Roads Museum Project Committee and was able to extend his knowledge of ... Read more

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