Magic Motorways
New York: Random House, 1940.
Illustrated by Illustrated. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good- with no dust jacket. Item #17251
Light cock, endpapers foxed, otherwise light wear. Solid oversize hardcover. ; First Edition, First Printing of Bel Geddes' visionary book proposing a nationwide system of high-speed, limited access "motorways". Book emerged from the prescient ideas industrial designer Bel Geddes presented in his General Motors Futurama exhibit at the 1939 New York World's Fair, describing interstate highways, cloverleaf interchanges, controlled-access roads, and advanced traffic management. ; 297 pages.
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