Steel Trains: The Epic of the Railroads
by Stevers, Martin D
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good /Dust Jacket Included
- Seller
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St. Charles, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
New York: Grosset & Dunlap. The Story behind it all-the salt & savor of Railroad Life, the history depicting decades of effort by engineering departments, the clash of financial titans, the struggle with the wilderness which made the American railroads. Very Good/Poor. Brown cloth embossed boards w/ centered stamped titled lettering, Cover has moderate edgewear, bumped corners; dustjacket has been cut in two pages and "laid-in" it is bright, clean & smooth, and all information is legible. (Kollman's drawing of the North Coast Limited in Bozeman Pass, Montana, is reproduced on this jacket through the courtesy of the Northern Pacific Railway. Frontis plate on coated stock, Preface, Listings of Illustrations, Index, illustrated w/line drawings, figures, plates on coated stock, 374 clean, crisp & solid pp. Nice solid copy. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1933.
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- Bookseller
- Julie's Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010719
- Title
- Steel Trains: The Epic of the Railroads
- Author
- Stevers, Martin D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket Included
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1933
- Keywords
- RAILROADS HISTORY Travel & Description
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel & Description;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Terms of Sale
Julie's Books
Immediate shipment to buyer upon order, notification of unavailability, insured books over $50, complete refund & postage reimbursement with customer dissatisfaction, detailed book descriptions.
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About the Seller
Julie's Books
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St. Charles, Michigan
About Julie's Books
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