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The Railroad Trainman: Official Publication of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen [...] Volume XXXI, 1914
by BROTHERHOOD OF RAILROAD TRAINMEN; D.L. Cease, ed
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Cleveland: Britton Printing Company, 1914. First Edition. Large, thick octavo (24cm.); original full sheep, red and black morocco gilt spine labels, all edges marbled, floral endpapers; [6],1134pp.; illus., text in double column. Some peeling and cracking to leather, extremities scuffed; textblock fine. About Very Good. Complete run for the year 1914 of a monthly published by the Brotherhood. Articles include Arthur Brisbane's "Female Labor and Minimum Wage"; Knud Benson's "The Panama Railroad"; R.H. Newcomb's "American Railroad Company, Porto Rico"; and countless articles on safety and child labor. Poetry and fiction also present.
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- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24899
- Title
- The Railroad Trainman: Official Publication of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen [...] Volume XXXI, 1914
- Author
- BROTHERHOOD OF RAILROAD TRAINMEN; D.L. Cease, ed
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Britton Printing Company
- Place of Publication
- Cleveland
- Date Published
- 1914
- Bookseller catalogs
- Periodicals; Labor History; Railway Workers;
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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....
- Morocco
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- Fine
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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...
- First Edition
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Octavo
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