Locomotives and Locomotive Building, being a brief sketch of the growth of the railroad system and of the various improvements in locomotive building in America together with a history of the origin and growth of the Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works, Paterson, New Jersey, from 1831 to 1886
by Rogers, Hughes, Headdon
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- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
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Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Rogers Locomotive & Machine Works, 1886. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to. 200 pages. Wm. S. Gottsberger, Printer. Illustrated with frontispiece and throughout with engravings and technical details. Also 28 plates of locomotives with specifications. Index. Book has been rebound in a library type binding, but does not have any typical x-library marks, two very small stickers on spine. Binding has some scuffs and wear, but is solid and square. Interior of the book is clean with very minor foxing at the end papers. Chapters include the early history of railroads in this country, the early history of locomotives in this country, history of locomotive building at the Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works, the organic development of the locomotive, the Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works in 1886, a remarkable run of 426.6 miles by Rogers' locomotives on the New York, West Shore & Buffalo Railway, the tractive power of locomotives. A rare book of locomotive history.
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- Bookseller
- Arabesque Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000571
- Title
- Locomotives and Locomotive Building, being a brief sketch of the growth of the railroad system and of the various improvements in locomotive building in America together with a history of the origin and growth of the Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works, Paterson, New Jersey, from 1831 to 1886
- Author
- Rogers, Hughes, Headdon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Rogers Locomotive & Machine Works
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1886
- Pages
- 200
- Keywords
- trains, railroad
- Bookseller catalogs
- History;
- Size
- 4to
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Arabesque Books
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Atlanta, Georgia
About Arabesque Books
We have been in business since 1978 selling fine old and rare books. All books are professionally wrapped, protected in bubble wrap, and shipped in a sturdy box.
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- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Jacket
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- 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....
- X-Library
- A former library book, generally containing library acquisition and ownership stamped markings, and other typical indications of...
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