Walter Willson and His Crooked Creek Railroad
by Butts, A. P
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Webster City IA: Fred Hahne Printing, 1976. "The story of an early Iowa narrow gauge railroad and its struggle for survival...told...by a veteran railroad man"; the train ran from Lehigh to Judd, starting in 1875. INSCRIBED by the author on the title page: "To my favorite cousin Harris Manny with the best of good wishes. A. P. Butts." Butts put in nearly 48 years on the Fort Dodge, Des Moines and Southern Railway before retiring in 1956. Brown hardcover, gilt titling. Light wear to book, small stain & tiny holes to front panel of jacket, short tear to rear panel. Text clean; 120 pages; b/w photos, crude maps, a few reproductions of old documents. . Inscribed by the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 7½" by 9½".
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- t0257
- Title
- Walter Willson and His Crooked Creek Railroad
- Author
- Butts, A. P
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Fred Hahne Printing
- Place of Publication
- Webster City IA
- Date Published
- 1976
- Keywords
- Railways, Trains, Transportation, Narrow Gauge, Iowa
- Size
- 7½" by 9½"
Terms of Sale
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Most of our stock is on-line only, though we have many books in three booths at Angela's Attic Antique Mall, 1020 Gardner Street in South Beloit, Illinois; a booth across the street at the Best of Beloit; and a large booth at the Lake Geneva Antique Mall, 829 Williams Street, Lake Geneva, WI. You may request to see any of our on-line inventory at any location with a few days' notice.
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- Gilt
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- Jacket
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