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ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF LOCOMOTIVES AND DETAIL PARTS: CODE WORD - MEDDIX
by Baldwin Locomotive Works
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Talent, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia, PA [no date, about 1907]: Burnham, Williams & Company [Baldwin Locomotive Works]. Hardcover. This is more than just a catalogue of locomotives. The first 105 pages give a history of the Baldwin Locomotive Company. The remainder of the catalogue presents and illustrates a series of locomotives for both standard and narrow gauge designs suitable for all ordinary requirements of service. 492 pages with locomotive illustrations and corresponding dates, plates featuring parts diagrams plus data, diagrams of types of locomotives, listings of cable codes, and index. Burnham, Williams & Company was the parent company of Baldwin Locomotive Works. Bound in original dark dark green colored cloth with lettering stamped in gilt. Professionally rebacked with original spine pressed on. Barely visible ownership name on the front paste-down endpaper.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47152
- Title
- ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF LOCOMOTIVES AND DETAIL PARTS: CODE WORD - MEDDIX
- Author
- Baldwin Locomotive Works
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Burnham, Williams & Company [Baldwin Locomotive Works]
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, PA [no date, about 1907]
- Keywords
- railroad, railroading, steam locomotives, catalog, catalogue, trains, transportation
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About the Seller
Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books
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Talent, Oregon
About Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books
Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books has been a full-time mail order bookstore since 1984. Beginning with a small inventory of 400 books, we now have over 10,000 books. Though we do not have an open store, every year we exhibit at between 12 to 14 book fairs and events in the Western United States. All our books are listed on line and visitors are welcome by appointment.
Glossary
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- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- 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...
- Remainder
- Book(s) which are sold at a very deep discount to alleviate publisher overstock. Often, though not always, they have a remainder...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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