MOPAC POWER: Missouri Pacific Lines Locomotives and Trains 1905-1955
by Joe G. Collias
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good-
- ISBN 10
- 0831071176
- ISBN 13
- 9780831071172
- Seller
-
San Antonio, Texas, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
See photos. First edition, no other printings indicated. Book is in very good condition with sharp corners with no signs of being bumped. Bound in sturdy red cloth. The dust jacket is good minus with wear and chipping at extremities (see photo). Spine of jacket is sunned. The dust jacket is protected by an archival quality Mylar sleeve. Decorative map endpapers. No names or markings of any kind. There are 526 photographs. A clean, bright, and tight collectible copy. Will ship in box packed in Styrofoam pellets to ensure arrival in condition described.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Donald P. Jennings (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 204
- Title
- MOPAC POWER: Missouri Pacific Lines Locomotives and Trains 1905-1955
- Author
- Joe G. Collias
- Illustrator
- 526 photographs
- Format/Binding
- Tight as new binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0831071176
- ISBN 13
- 9780831071172
- Publisher
- Howell North Books
- Place of Publication
- San Diego, CA
- Date Published
- 1980
- Pages
- 352
- Size
- Quarto
- Keywords
- Joe G. Collias MOPAC POWER Missouri Pacific
Terms of Sale
Donald P. Jennings
About the Seller
Donald P. Jennings
About Donald P. Jennings
I've been an avid reader for over 60 of my 80 years and have amassed a very good library. I've decided to sell off this collection online due to fact that local bookstores will only buy books for only cents on the dollar. I've been picky about purchases so virtually all of my books are in very good to fine to as new in like condition dust jackets.
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...