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All Aboard! The Golden Age of American Rail Travel
by Yenne, Bill (Ed. )
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine in Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0880293535
- ISBN 13
- 9780880293532
- Seller
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About This Item
Greenwich, CT: Dorset Press. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1990. Reprint Edition. Cloth. 0880293535 . A handsome Reprint in Near Fine condition, name stamp to verso of front flyleaf, else Fine in alike dust-jacket; The Golden Age of American Rail Travel captures the excitement, romance, and adventure of rail travel in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. This comprehensive history is packed with rare images and first-hand accounts of the railways that shaped America. From the luxurious trains of the 1920s to the gleaming New York Central Railroad of the 1950s, readers will get a sense of what it was like to travel by train in the days before air travel. This book is the perfect introduction to the history of rail travel for readers of all ages.; 4to .
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- Bookseller
- Books Tell You Why, Inc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 34247
- Title
- All Aboard! The Golden Age of American Rail Travel
- Author
- Yenne, Bill (Ed. )
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- Reprint Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0880293535
- ISBN 13
- 9780880293532
- Publisher
- Dorset Press
- Place of Publication
- Greenwich, CT
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- Collectible Rare Out-Of-Print, Cons Alvanos, Railroad History, Americana
- Bookseller catalogs
- Railroads;
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Jacket
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- Reprint
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- New
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- Cloth
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- Fine
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