C&O Power: Steam and Diesel Locomotives of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, 1900-1965
by Philip Shuster; Eugene L. Huddleston; Alvin Staufer
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Foster, Rhode Island, United States
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About This Item
A. F. Staufer, 1965. hardcover. Good. 11x8x0. Carrollton Standard Printing Co.; Carrollton, 1965. Hardcover. A Good, black binding with gilt lettering on front board and spine, binding intact, some rubbing along board and spine edges, smudge mark to verso rear free endpaper, waving to pages along fore-edge, sunning to text block edges and pages, spine buckram starting to separate from backing material, bit musty odor, bit cocked, in a Good, some handling/scuff marks to panels, bit of edge/corner wear, few tears along edges, sunning to panels/flaps and verso, scuffing to verso front panel and spine, Dust wrapper. A good, overall clean and unmarked copy. 4to[quarto or approx. 11.5 x 13.5 inches], 351pp., b&w illustrations. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lavendier Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SKU1039487
- Title
- C&O Power: Steam and Diesel Locomotives of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, 1900-1965
- Author
- Philip Shuster; Eugene L. Huddleston; Alvin Staufer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- A. F. Staufer
- Date Published
- 1965
- Size
- 11x8x0
- Weight
- 1.00 lbs
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Foster, Rhode Island
About Lavendier Books
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- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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....
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