9780714841014: Queen Mary

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{"authorDescription":"James Steele ","bookshot2d":null,"bookshot3d":null,"bookshot3dSquare":null,"categories":[],"date":"","editionId":11138,"guid":"1dc298d7-937f-4392-9eca-59abb774df6d","images":[],"markets":{"AUD":{"discountPrice":null,"inventory_policy":"continue","price":"45.00","show":false},"CAD":{"discountPrice":null,"inventory_policy":"continue","price":"45.00","show":false},"EUR":{"discountPrice":null,"inventory_policy":"continue","price":"35.00","show":false},"GBP":{"discountPrice":null,"inventory_policy":"continue","price":"22.95","show":false},"TEST":{"discountPrice":null,"inventory_policy":"continue","price":"0.00","show":false},"USD":{"discountPrice":null,"inventory_policy":"continue","price":"35.00","show":false}},"related":[],"sku":"9780714841014","source":"BOOKs","specifications":{"binding":"Paperback","colIlls":"100","extent":"240","language":"English","lenInch":"11 3/8","lenMm":"290","weightKilo":"1.61","widthInch":"9 7/8","widthMm":"250"},"status":false,"subtitle":"","title":"Queen Mary","uri":"","webAuthorDescription":"James Steele is an architectural writer and historian based in Los Angeles, close to where the \u003ci\u003eQueen Mary\u003c/i\u003e is currently moored. His books include \u003ci\u003eArchitecture Today\u003c/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Architecture\u003c/i\u003e, both published by Phaidon.","webDescription":"","webKeywords":"","webLongDescription":"\u003cp\u003eThis evocative and nostalgic book, now available for the first time in paperback, celebrates the golden age of sea travel. Once the world's largest and fastest ocean liner by far, today the \u003ci\u003eQueen Mary\u003c/i\u003e represents a peak of perfection in the art of shipbuilding. \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith her sleek, sophisticated lines, Art Deco interiors and exquisite detailing, she encapsulates the spirit of an era characterized by elegance and style. On her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York in 1936, this great new liner provided a tangible symbol of the end of the Depression, to become a source of great national pride. Beautifully illustrated with specially commissioned colour photographs and much previously unpublished archive material, this book captures the atmosphere of the \u003ci\u003eQueen Mary\u003c/i\u003e's glory days, to presents a comprehensive record of this magnificent and unique floating example of the streamlined style: it remains equally appealing to the enthusiastic connoisseur and general aesthete.\u003c/p\u003e","webReviews":"\u003cp\u003e\u0026quot;Wonderfully detailed. Scrupulous research.\u0026quot;\u0026#8212;\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026quot;Anyone who has ever wondered if architecture floats will be convinced by this beautiful, fact-filled book about the last and grandest architecture ever to sail the bounding main. With Steele's intense research, we almost feel like were there.\u0026quot;\u0026#8212;\u003cem\u003eAIA Jury\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","webShortDescription":"The most complete record available of the world's largest and fastest ocean liner."}