The Car Builders' Dictionary (the 1906 Edition --Reprinted)
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- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Collectible; Fine
- Seller
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Waccabuc, New York, United States
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About This Item
Kentfield, CA: Newton K. Gregg Publisher, 1971. Cloth. Collectible; Fine. A handsome copy of the 1971 re-issue of the 1906 edition. Solid and Near Fine in its light-green cloth, with bright gilt-lettering at the spine. Thick quarto, 568 pgs., 6,344 illustrations. "An illustrated vocabulary of terms which designate American railroad cars, their parts, attachments and details of construction with definitions and illustrations of typical British practice in car construction -- Compiled for the Master Car Builders' Association by Rodney Hitt"
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Details
- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8394
- Title
- The Car Builders' Dictionary (the 1906 Edition --Reprinted)
- Author
- -
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Collectible; Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Newton K. Gregg Publisher
- Place of Publication
- Kentfield, CA
- Date Published
- 1971
- Keywords
- Rare railroad, railraod cars, railraod Car Building
- Bookseller catalogs
- Engineering; Railroad;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
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Waccabuc, New York
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