The Romance of the Rails: The Story of the American Railroads
by Laut, Agnes C
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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St. Charles, Michigan, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
N.Y.: Tudor Publishing Co.. Stated Second Printing, October, 1936. Reprint of 1929 Robert M. McBride & Company, Ed. Very Good/No Jacket.Mild wear to bright, sturdy, blue woven cloth boards, spine slightly cocked, interior clean, binding tight, decorated endpapers, owner's name & date neatly penned on endpaper (small & neat) Profusely illustrated 36 b&w plates on coated stock; four illustrations of which were done by Charles Russell, many text decorations, old prints, maps, cartoons & documents, , Frontis on coated stock. Indexed, 590 CLEAN & solid pp. Makes a lovely Personal, possible gift copy & packed w/railroading history! . Very Good. Hardcover. Stated Second Printing. 1936.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Julie's Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012053
- Title
- The Romance of the Rails: The Story of the American Railroads
- Author
- Laut, Agnes C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Stated Second Printing
- Publisher
- Tudor Publishing Co.
- Place of Publication
- N.Y.
- Date Published
- 1936
- Keywords
- RAILROADS UNITED STATES HISTORY TECHNOLOGY Travel & Description
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel & Description;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Terms of Sale
Julie's Books
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About the Seller
Julie's Books
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St. Charles, Michigan
About Julie's Books
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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....
- Jacket
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- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Cloth
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.