FROM RAILWAY TO FREEWAY: PACIFIC ELECTRIC AND THE MOTOR COACH
by Bail, Eli
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0916374610
- ISBN 13
- 9780916374617
- Seller
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Talent, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Glendale, CA: Interurban Press, 1984. First edition, first printing . Hardcover. Interurbans Special 90. The controversial conversion of the Pacific Electric's 1,000 mile interurban railway system to rubber-tired transport. A year-by-year account starting with the first "auto stage lines" of the World War I era. 196 pages with photographs, maps, and bus rosters. Map of entire system on rear endpapers. A fine copy in a near fine and bright dust jacket with just a hint of rubbing to the head of the spine panel. A very attractive copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 48838
- Title
- FROM RAILWAY TO FREEWAY: PACIFIC ELECTRIC AND THE MOTOR COACH
- Author
- Bail, Eli
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, first printing
- ISBN 10
- 0916374610
- ISBN 13
- 9780916374617
- Publisher
- Interurban Press
- Place of Publication
- Glendale, CA
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- railroad, railroading, transportation, buses, los angeles, california
- Bookseller catalogs
- Railroad Bargains;
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About the Seller
Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books
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Talent, Oregon
About Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books
Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books has been a full-time mail order bookstore since 1984. Beginning with a small inventory of 400 books, we now have over 10,000 books. Though we do not have an open store, every year we exhibit at between 12 to 14 book fairs and events in the Western United States. All our books are listed on line and visitors are welcome by appointment.
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....