AIR BRAKE: SUPPLEMENT TO THE SCIENCE OF RAILWAYS
by Kirkman, Marshall Monroe
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Kennebunk, Maine, United States
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About This Item
New York: The world Railway Publishing Company, 1902. Hardcover. Very Good. 70 pp; highly detailed examination illustrating and explaining the workings of the air brake as they functioned on railways in the late 1800's and early 1900's; profusely illustrsted with highly detailed line drawings; fold-outs etc.; published without a dj in red boards; some minor soiling to boards; spine partially faded; has bookplate of former owner on rear paste-down.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Maiden Voyage Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 71345
- Title
- AIR BRAKE: SUPPLEMENT TO THE SCIENCE OF RAILWAYS
- Author
- Kirkman, Marshall Monroe
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The world Railway Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1902
- Keywords
- Railways; Railroads; Trains
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About the Seller
Maiden Voyage Booksellers
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Kennebunk, Maine
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