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THE RAILWAYS OF THE WORLD By ...with 16 Coloured Plates and 419 Illustrations from Photographs in the Text.
by Protheroe, Ernest
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Poor
- Seller
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Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
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About This Item
London, New York & Toronto: George Routledge & Sons ; E.P. Dutton, & Musson Book Co Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8 vo, (22 cm). no date (1913?), gilt dec. pictorial cloth cover, gilt spine, beveled boards, xx, 752 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates coloured frontis.: illustrations (some color) includes index, very light wear at corners and spine ends, front hinge cracked, gilt pict. cover is very bright, dust jacket has chips edge tears with some losses at spine ends, in protective mylar, seldom found in dust jacket which is of very thin, fragile paper,.
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- Bookseller
- Harry E Bagley Books Ltd
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11255947
- Title
- THE RAILWAYS OF THE WORLD By ...with 16 Coloured Plates and 419 Illustrations from Photographs in the Text.
- Author
- Protheroe, Ernest
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Publisher
- George Routledge & Sons ; E.P. Dutton, & Musson Book Co
- Place of Publication
- London, New York & Toronto
- Size
- 8 vo, (22 cm)
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Railroads -- History., Railroads -- Great Britain., Locomotives., Railroads., Great Britain.
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Railroads/Transportation;
Terms of Sale
Harry E Bagley Books Ltd
Returnable upon receipt with prior notification. If paying by check, please allow two weeks for clearance.
About the Seller
Harry E Bagley Books Ltd
Biblio member since 2004
Fredericton, New Brunswick
About Harry E Bagley Books Ltd
Mail order only. 51 years as a bookseller
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