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America's Colorful Railroads
by Jr Don Ball
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good-/Good-
- ISBN 10
- 0517304880
- ISBN 13
- 9780517304884
- Seller
-
Independence, Missouri, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
From the front DJ flap: "America's Colorful Railroads - the first all-color book on the subject - captures in 281 full-color photographs the period in railroad history, the 1940s and '50s, that brought the transition from steam to diesel engines."
Book - Very Good- condition. Black leather texture paper over boards with gray cloth spine that has black text. Light edge and corner wear with a couple small bumps at bottom. Light stain on front end paper. Text is clean and binding is tight. Lots of beautiful color photographs.
Dust Jacket - Good- condiiton. Outside color is good, but inside has age tanning. Also there are small closed tears and tiny chips along the bottom, plus a medium size chip at top of spine.
Please use photos as part of the description.
210 pages.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Blue & Grey Book Shoppe
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1811
- Title
- America's Colorful Railroads
- Author
- Jr Don Ball
- Format/Binding
- Paper over boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Bonanza 1980 Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0517304880
- ISBN 13
- 9780517304884
- Publisher
- Bonanza Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1978-01
- Pages
- 210
- Keywords
- railroads, trains, color photographs, mainlines, Dixie to Midland, Bangor & Aroostook, Southern, Nickel Plate, Sante Fe, Illinois Central, Union Pacific, engines, vivid paint schemes
- Bookseller catalogs
- Trains; History - American; Reference;
Terms of Sale
Blue & Grey Book Shoppe
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About the Seller
Blue & Grey Book Shoppe
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Independence, Missouri
About Blue & Grey Book Shoppe
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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