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THE CAR BUILDERS' DICTIONARY (CYCLOPEDIA) 1906
by Hitt, Rodney
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0912318155
- ISBN 13
- 9780912318158
- Seller
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Talent, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Kentfield, CA: Newton K. Gregg, Publisher, 1971. Facsimile reprint . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Reprint of the 1906 edition published by The Railroad Gazette in 1906. Subtitled; An Illustrated Vocabulary of Terms Which Designate American Railroad Cars, Their Parts, Attachments and Details of Construction with Definitions and Illustrations of Typical British Practice in Car Construction. This series later became titled THE CAR BUILDERS' CYCLOPEDIA. 569 pages of photographs, illustrations and diagrams of railroad cars, equipment and their parts. 54 pages of railroad cars ads bound in. Near fine in very good dust jacket with several small chips and tears.
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- Bookseller
- Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26130
- Title
- THE CAR BUILDERS' DICTIONARY (CYCLOPEDIA) 1906
- Author
- Hitt, Rodney
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Facsimile reprint
- ISBN 10
- 0912318155
- ISBN 13
- 9780912318158
- Publisher
- Newton K. Gregg, Publisher
- Place of Publication
- Kentfield, CA
- Date Published
- 1971
- Keywords
- railroad, railroading, trains, freight cars
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About the Seller
Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books
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Talent, Oregon
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- Facsimile
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- Fine
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...