Railroad Construction. Theory and Practice. A Text-Book for the Use of Students in Colleges and Technical Schools. by Walter Loring Webb - 1913

New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1913. 5th Edition . Hardcover. Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, thin leather flex boards with gilt text on spine. Leather shows wrinkles and chipping along the edges and corners. Interior binding is good, no hinge issues. Dark brown end pages and front and rear with the front end page containing signature and date of one of the original owners and the second end page contains two signatures - both gentlemen part of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque: Jack A. Lapraik and Joseph B. Rosenbach. The third front end page also contains a signature from Mr. Lapraik. No other handwriting was found in the book pages are toned due to age but are otherwise clean. There were a couple pages with small corner folds of which have been straightened out. No bookplates, no library markings, nothing torn or loose. Title page states this is the fifth edition, revised and enlarged with a total issue of 11,000. Also found between the pages is a wax paper business card from Mr. Rosenbach, who later became instructor in mathematics and wrote numerous books on algebra and trigonometry.