A Life Span and Reminiscences of Railway Mail Service by James E. White - 2009-02-11

Black Letter Press, 1973-01-01. Hardcover. Good. . Cover and edges show shelf wear. Pages are clean and intact

Philadelphia: Deemer & Jaisohn, 1910. Hardcover. Good+/No Jacket. Book is lightly bumped and worn at head and tail of spine. Fore edge corners are bumped and worn with a tiny bit of fraying and exposed board. Light wear to spine edges and surfaces of boards. Name and address of previous owner on front free endpaper. Green boards with gold lettering on spine. 274 pages.

Blackletter Press. A beautiful clean crisp hardcover in near fine condition, faintest of shelfwear to extremities. No DJ as issued. No 270/500 limited edition copies. . Near Fine. Hardcover. Limited Edition. 1973.

Philadelphia: Deemer & Jaisohn, 1910. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition, 1910. Green cloth hardcover, 274 pp., illustrated, clean unmarked text, Very Good copy, some age-toning to the pages and page-edges, rubbing and minor wear to the covers including a bit of fraying or loss at the tips, no dust jacket.

1910. Trade Paperback. Used - Good. Deemer & Jaisohn, PA, 1910. Good. Green cloth covers with scuffs and edge wear. 9.25 X 6.25 with 274 pp. Front hinge has been repaired. Owners plate on front endpaper.

Philadelphia, PA: Deemer & Jaisohn, 1910. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Green cloth, lettered in gilt. 1st edition (1910), not the later facsimile reprint. xi,274 pp., illus. w/ b&w plates. Cloth is quite flecked on front cover, less so on back, with mild tanning along text block edges, otherwise appears unread and as issued..

Philadelphia, PA: Deemer & Jaishon, 1910 Deemer & Jaishon, Philadelphia, PA. 1910. Hardcover. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: VG; light shelfwear to tips, head and tail; age soiling to textblock edges; suntanned spine. No DJ. Green cloth boards and spine with dulled gilt lettering on the spine. 274 pp 8vo. For more than a century, the core of America’s postal system was the Railway Mail Service which this book covers in great detail mostly about is founding and early days. The system of train lines that crisscrossed the nation carried passengers and mail in and out of large cities and small towns. The Railway Mail Service went a step further in service than passenger trains, providing mail delivery and pick-up to small towns where trains did not even stop. The service relied on partnerships with America’s railway companies and the dedication and efforts of the service’s Railway Post Office clerks. From its beginnings in the midst of the… Read More

Grand Rapids: Black Letter Press. Used - Very Good. 1973. Grand Rapids: Black Letter Press, 1973. 8vo, 274 pp, VG+ in cloth. One of 500 numbered copies. Unabridged reprint of the original 1910 edition. (Subject: Transportation.)

Philadelphia PA, 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. No extraneous markings. All pages are intact and binding is strong. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Paperback / softback. New.