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Locomotive 4501
by Morgan, David P
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
(Milwaukee; 1968): Kalmbach Publication. First Edition. Quarto Oblong. 127pp. index.170 photographic images. This is the biography of a 2-8-2-....a book about one steam locomotive. Locomotive 4501 is very much the story of all steam, the rail locomotion that overcame America's seaboard and riverfront isolation, created our cites, and hauled us through two world Wars. Bound in green cloth stamped in blind, spine lettering gilt near fine in very good pictorial dust jacket with light rubbing and soiling.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001229
- Title
- Locomotive 4501
- Author
- Morgan, David P
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Kalmbach Publication
- Place of Publication
- (Milwaukee; 1968)
- Keywords
- Trains Locomotives Railroad Railway
- Bookseller catalogs
- Railroad;
Terms of Sale
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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About the Seller
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
Scottsdale, Arizona
About Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
Alcuin Books located in Old Town Scottsdale is a store with 15,000 serious books for the collector or scholar. We have ample parking in front of the store for those who wish to browse our holdings.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
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