The Railroad Question: A Historical and Practical Treatise on Railroads, Remedies For Their Abuses.
by Larrabee, William
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Chicago, IL: The Schulte Publishing Company, 1893. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4th Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 488 pp. Fourth Edition, 1893. Owner's ex libris plate on front paste down with not wanted stamp. 14 chapters, list of authors and works consulted nd quoted, Appendix: Statistics, etc., index. Light external wear. Binding tight with slight forward lean, pages clean and unmarked, paper well-preserved, 5.3" x 7.7". Illustrated blue cloth with gilt lettering to front board and spine, and gilt top text block..
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8159
- Title
- The Railroad Question: A Historical and Practical Treatise on Railroads, Remedies For Their Abuses.
- Author
- Larrabee, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Publisher
- The Schulte Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, IL
- Date Published
- 1893
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- TRANSPORTATION HISTORY RAILROADS HISTORICAL AND PRACTICAL - Question = Private or Public management ownership
- Bookseller catalogs
- TRANSPORTATION;
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West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- ND
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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....
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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