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New York: The Macmillan Company, 1938. 1st Edition . Hardcover. VG+/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover with dust jacket. Both prices are clipped on the front flap. DJ is soiled and tattered with numerous chips and tears, front of jacket has a couple creases running from top to bottom. The room cloth boards underneath show only minor spotting, foxing spots are also present on the exterior page edges. The internal binding is good, no hinge issues. Pages are toned due to age and there is some foxing/spotting, though this is mainly limited to the end pages and pastedowns. No signatures or bookplates, no library markings. There is a small red ink mark on the exterior top edge, near the spine area.
RAILROADMAN by French, Chauncey Del - 1938
by French, Chauncey Del
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RAILROADMAN
by French, Chauncey Del
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New York: Macmillan Company, 1938 As a youth, "I passed a construction train. I noticed one of the crew... attempt to cross to another car. As I watched I saw him fall between the cars. His body bounced around under the wheels of the cars as he was cut to bits." So begins the railroad biography of Henry Clay French, the author's father. Tiny spots of light foxing along the upper edge of the text block, else near fine in very good price-clipped dust jacket with some chipping, tiny tears, and associated creasing.. First edition, first printing. Hardcover.
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- Edition First edition, first printing
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication New York
- Date Published 1938
- Keywords First edition, railroad, railroads, railroading, trains.
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Railroadman
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Railroadman
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The Macmillan Company. Used - Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket (Railroad Engineers, Biography) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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Railroadman
by Chauncey Del French
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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New York: Macmillan Company, 1938. Hardcover. Very Good+/Good+. Signed by Author(s). Signed by both Henry Clay French and his son Chauncey Del French (the author) on half-title page. Burgundy cloth boards with gilt lettering. Very slightly spine cocked. Front bottom fore-corner lightly bumped. Interior clean. Dust jacket chipped; spine faded; not price clipped ($2.50). DJ in archival sleeve. Seven photographic plates. vi, 292 pp. 8.5 x 5.75 inches. The story of western railroad man Henry Clay French (1856-1945), as told to his son Chauncey French (1890-1967). Henry French began his railroad career in 1873 as a messenger and call boy for the Hannibal and Saint Joseph Railroad. He saw almost 57 years of service on fifteen different lines (with his longest stints being with the Lawrence, Leavenworth & Galveston Railroad, Oregon Railroad & Navigation, the Kansas City Belt Line, Northern Pacific, Tacoma & Eastern Railroad, and Union Pacific) prior to his retirement in 1930. He served in…
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