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RAILROAD BOOKS, PAMPHLETS AND EPHEMERA, 23 ITEMS

RAILROAD BOOKS, PAMPHLETS AND EPHEMERA, 23 ITEMS

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RAILROAD BOOKS, PAMPHLETS AND EPHEMERA, 23 ITEMS

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[RAILROAD] RAILROAD BOOKS, PAMPHLETS AND EPHEMERA, 23 ITEMS. As follows: 1. DETROIT LUBRICATOR COMPANY. "GENUINE DETROIT" MODEL A LOCOMOTIVE FORCE FEED OILER, CATALOG NO. 174. Detroit, MI [n.d.] 56 pp. including folding charts and b/w and two-color illustrations, and halftone photos. 8vo., heavily soiled printed stapled wrappers, yellow. Some soil to page edges. 2. DETROIT LUBRICATOR COMPANY. DETROIT BULLSEYE LOCOMOTIVE LUBRICATORS, CATALOG NO. 38 L. Detroit, MI, 1918. 62 pp. Halftone photos. 8vo., moderate soil to printed stapled wrappers with 3 color embossed front cover. Light offset to front and rear pages, and some soil to page edges. 3. WORTHINGTON PUMP AND MACHINERY CORPORATION. WORTHINGTON LOCOMOTIVE BOILER FEED PUMP AND FEED WATER HEATER, TYPES B AND BL, GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR OPERATION BK-1608-F. New York, May 1927. 36 pp. Stiff green printed wrappers with green cloth tape spine, rounded corners. 12mo., moderate soil to covers and a few pages, b/w folding diagram, two-color folding diagram, b/w figs. in text. 4. SNODGRASS, J. M. et al. THE ECONOMICAL USE OF COAL IN RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES. Urbana: University of Illinois Bulletin, Vol. XVI, No. 2, Sept. 9, 1918. Circular No. 8, Engineering Experiment Station. 76 pp. 8vo., printed stapled wrappers. Covers soiled, light soil to a few page edges. Boston and Maine Railroad office loan slip tipped in on inside front cover. 6 pp. of color illustrations of fireboxes. 5. FRANKLIN RAILWAY SUPPLY COMPANY. THE LOCOMOTIVE BOOSTER TYPES C-1 AND C-2 INSTRUCTION BOOK NO. 102. New York, 1927. 114 pp. 12mo., stiff red printed wrappers with rounded corners and red cloth spine tape. Minimal external soil, interior clean. B/w, halftone and two-tone illustrations. 6. INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS. CONSTITUTION OF THE GRAND LODGE, DISTRICT AND LOCAL LODGES, INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS. Washington, DC, 1925. 96 pp. + 15 pp. index. 24mo., blue printed stapled wrappers. Minor soil to covers, interior clean. 7. THE LESLIE COMPANY. INSTRUCTION CARD NO. AK-6: THE LESLIE TURBO GENERATOR AND STEAM HEAT PRESSURE REGULATOR, 1 1/2" X 2" CLASS "AK". Lyndhurst, NJ [n.d.] White cardstock, printed on one side, 10" x 8 1/4", folded in half. B/w diagram. 8. RAILWAY EDUCATIONAL BUREAU. WHEEL DEFECT GAUGE. Omaha, NE. Meta.

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RAILROAD BOOKS, PAMPHLETS AND EPHEMERA, 23 ITEMS
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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...
Edges
The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Offset
A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
Tipped In
Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
Wrappers
The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
Cloth
"Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Soiled
Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
New
A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
Spine
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