The American Streamliner, Prewar Years
by Heimburger, Donald J. and Carl R. Byron
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG
- ISBN 10
- 0911581391
- ISBN 13
- 9780911581393
- Seller
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Forest Park, Ill: Heimburger House Publishing Company, 1996. Hardcover. VG. Coral cloth, gilt letters on spine & front cover, pink & color illus. dust jacket, illus. flyleaves, 176 pp., BW & color illus. "Between the years 1933 and 1942, America rose to the forefront of deluxe passenger train travel, fielding hundreds of streamlined trains that crisscrossed the United States. From boat-tailed observation cars to dome-diners and Slumbercoaches, the Streamliner Era added a multitude of words and images to our collective heritage." (dj) With many an archival photo.
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- Bookseller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 146312
- Title
- The American Streamliner, Prewar Years
- Author
- Heimburger, Donald J. and Carl R. Byron
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0911581391
- ISBN 13
- 9780911581393
- Publisher
- Heimburger House Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Forest Park, Ill
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- Transportation ; Railroadiana - Passenger Trains ; ;
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- Transportation;
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About the Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
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- Cloth
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- VG
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- Jacket
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