Seattle: Superior Publishing Company. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Blue and gray hardback is tightly bound with blue to spine. Contains hundreds of black and white illustrations which have scenes of the Civil War and the role railroads played and ending with illustrations of Lincoln's funeral train. FO plate to half-title page but no other marks. Binding shows very light wear at spine edges. Unclipped DJ, now in Brodart, has minor chips and folds at edges and light smudges of fingernail polish to both front and back. Digital photos available. ; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 192 pages .

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Bookseller: The Book Lady (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1588
Title: Civil War Railroads Pictorial Story of the Iron Horse 1861-1865
Author: Abdill, George B
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Superior Publishing Company
Place of Publication: Seattle
Date Published: 1961
Keywords: Civil War, Railroad, Steam Engines
Bookseller catalogs: Railroad;

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