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Locomotive Engine Breakdowns And How To Repair Them, With Questions And Answers Illustrated: Valuable Pointers, Rules and Tables with Numerous Engravings
by W. G. Wallace
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Denver, Colorado, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Chicago: Frederick J. Drake & Company, 1913. 2nd. Flexible Leather. Acceptable. 3 bound-in fold-out diagrams intact. 2.5 inch tear on spine and another 1.5 inch tear on front cover by spine but binding intact, pages age toned but crisp and clean, no markings found. 2nd fly page clipped at top corner. Binding cracked at title page.
Black soft leather covers and gilt still bright and shiny with light scuffs and rubs. Extremities lightly bumped and rubbed. Edge of textblock faded, a few creased pages. No expedited or international shipping, oversize. Ships within 24-48 hours via media mail.
Black soft leather covers and gilt still bright and shiny with light scuffs and rubs. Extremities lightly bumped and rubbed. Edge of textblock faded, a few creased pages. No expedited or international shipping, oversize. Ships within 24-48 hours via media mail.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Artless Missals
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17421
- Title
- Locomotive Engine Breakdowns And How To Repair Them, With Questions And Answers Illustrated
- Author
- W. G. Wallace
- Format/Binding
- Flexible Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Frederick J. Drake & Company
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1913
- Keywords
- Railway Publications, Locomotive History, Trains, Transportation HIstory, Engine Men, Mechanics, Repair, Railway Firemen,
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Artless Missals
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Denver, Colorado
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Glossary
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- 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...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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....
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
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