100 YEARS OF CAPITAL TRACTION: The Story of Streetcars in the Nations Capital
by King, LeRoy O
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Good
- Seller
-
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
LeRoy O. King, 1972. 323 pp. Original green cloth covers w/ silver title on spine. Corners bumped. DJ has wear and tear to edges w/ pieces missing from ends of spine and along top back cover from corner. Sunning and foxing to inside flap edges. Includes an errata slip w/ light foxing to edges. Illust. w/ b/w photos. Includes index. Contents very nice.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9851TRR
- Title
- 100 YEARS OF CAPITAL TRACTION: The Story of Streetcars in the Nations Capital
- Author
- King, LeRoy O
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- LeRoy O. King
- Date Published
- 1972
- Keywords
- Transportation, Railroads, Railways, Street Cars, Trollys, Trollies, Cable Cars, Washington D.C., Nations Capital
- Bookseller catalogs
- Transportation Trains-TRR;
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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About the Seller
Shoemaker Booksellers
Biblio member since 2007
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
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