AGE OF STEAM, A CLASSIC ALBUM OF AMERICAN RAILROADING
by BEEBE, LUCIUS & CLEGG, CHARLES
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
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About This Item
NY: Rinehart & Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1957. First Edition (R). HARDCOVER. 8x11". VERY GOOD CONDITION IN VERY GOOD UNCLIPT(S15.00) DUST JACKET, CLEAN, SOLID.. DJ SHOWS MINOR RUBS, VERY SHORT EDGETEARS..ELSE QUITE BRIGHT ****SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS EP "To Henria P. Compton a green light on all the tangents from Lucius Beebbe and Charles Clegg. San Francisco 1957"..with her personal bookplate.. ; white titles on bright yellow dust jacket..showing steam train , blue sky & black smoke..Nice book has re spine & cover oval boxes on tan cloth hard covers.. BOOK HAS "R" on verso signifies first edition.. ; 304pg pages; Lots of OLD drawings, Photos..Railroads in American history. ..Gold spine titles & cover Steam Train decoration; Signed by All Authors .
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- Wonderful Books by Mail
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 138617
- Title
- AGE OF STEAM, A CLASSIC ALBUM OF AMERICAN RAILROADING
- Author
- BEEBE, LUCIUS & CLEGG, CHARLES
- Illustrator
- Robert hale endpaper photo
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition (R)
- Publisher
- Rinehart & Company
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1957
- Keywords
- Train Photos, Transportation, Railroad, History Business, West TraNSCONTINENTAL RR, ***SIGNED BY AUTHOR***
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