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Rules of the Transportation Department. Mexican National Railroad. Reglamento para el Departamento de Conduccion. Camino de Fierro Nacional Mexicano
by [Mexican National Railroad]
- Used
- Condition
- Good.
- Seller
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Dobbs Ferry, New York, United States
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About This Item
[Mexico City: Bouligny y Comp, 1889. Good.. 105,[55]-59,[2],17pp., as issued. 12mo. Original brown pebbled cloth, gilt titles on front cover. Noticeable scuffing and spotting to boards, spine a bit frayed, spine ends worn. Hinges separated but text block holding by spine glue. Text clean. A useful and informative pocket guide for employees of the Mexican National Railroad in the late-19th century. The work is printed in both English and Spanish and includes sections on general rules, time tables, signal rules, train rules, with separate sections detailing regulations governing "movement of trains by telegraphic order," numerous templates for train orders, and concludes with a section of seventeen paginated "Diagrams Illustrating Manner of Using Signals According to the Standard Code of Train Rules. As Adopted by the General Time Convention. Approved July 15, 1889." The latter illustrates the types, colors, and positioning of signal flags and lights depending on the movement of the train and time of day. We could locate no copies of this work in OCLC.
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- Bookseller
- McBride Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2158
- Title
- Rules of the Transportation Department. Mexican National Railroad. Reglamento para el Departamento de Conduccion. Camino de Fierro Nacional Mexicano
- Author
- [Mexican National Railroad]
- Book Condition
- Used - Good.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Bouligny y Comp
- Place of Publication
- [Mexico City
- Date Published
- 1889
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McBride Rare Books
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Dobbs Ferry, New York
About McBride Rare Books
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- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
- 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...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- 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...
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