Pennsy Electric Years
by Volkmer, William D
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1878887017
- ISBN 13
- 9781878887016
- Seller
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Madison, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Edison, NJ: Morning Sun Books Inc., 1991. 128pp. Silver boards, with red lettering. Color photographs throughout. A touch of handling,otherwise like new. Unclipped pictorial jacket has light rubbing to the extremities. "The purpose of this book is two-fold: one is to fill in the missing link in "Pennsy Diesel Years" by Bob Yancey by adding the electric locomotives to complete the colorful picture of the Pennsylvania Railroad in the 1950s and 1960s. The other purpose is to tell, for the first time, what the railroad looked like to the employees. Explore the wonderful world of electrified railroading, Pennsy-style, up and down the Eastern seaboard. -- From the front flap. This book is an all-color survey of the Pennsylvania's electric locomotives. With maps, chronology." . First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Octavo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Chatham Bookseller, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 034054
- Title
- Pennsy Electric Years
- Author
- Volkmer, William D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1878887017
- ISBN 13
- 9781878887016
- Publisher
- Morning Sun Books Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Edison, NJ
- Date Published
- 1991
- Size
- Octavo
- Keywords
- Pennsy Electric Pennsylvania Railroad Illustratede History
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
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- Rubbing
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- New
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- Octavo
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