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Railways and Other Ways

Railways and Other Ways

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Railways and Other Ways

by PENNINGTON, Myles

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Toronto: Williamson & Co, 1894. Hardcover. Very good. xix, [2], 22-407 p., interspersed with plates. 22 cm. 43 b&w plates. Rebound in burgundy cloth with original covers laid overtop. Gilt impressing on front cover. Former owner's bookplate on front pastedown.

Title continues: "Being Reminiscences of Canal and Railway Life During a Period of Sixty-Seven years; With Characteristic Sketches of Canal and Railway Men - Early Tram Roads and Railways - Steamboats and Ocean Steamships - The Electric Telegraph and Atlantic Cable - Canada and Its Railways, Trade and Commerce, with Numerous Incidents and Anecdotes, Humorous and Otherwise, of Canal, Coach and Rail." The author, described as "the oldest railway officer living, still in active service" was apparently 80 when his book was published.

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Bookseller
Attic Books CA (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #
120095
Title
Railways and Other Ways
Author
PENNINGTON, Myles
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very good
Quantity Available
1
Publisher
Williamson & Co
Place of Publication
Toronto
Date Published
1894
Keywords
Transportation, Railroads, Railways, Canals, Steamboats, Steamships, Telegraph, Canadiana
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Rebound
A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
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...
Cloth
"Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Bookplate
Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...

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