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Train wreck!
by Griswold, Wesley S
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 082890099X
- ISBN 13
- 9780828900997
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
S. Greene Press, 1969. First Edition. Leather Binding. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Slight rubbing to covers (leather over cloth; chiefly at edges); slight internal browning to edges and endpapers. [8], 150 pages. Coverage of 16 selected American railway disasters, 1833 to 1958; 'illustrated with contemporary engravings and photographs' (title page). Includes a bibliography. Bound in 3/4 dark red morocco over matching cloth, gilt-stamped and decorated spine with partly raised bands, covers ruled gilt, light pink/gray marbled endpapers, t.e.g., remaining edges trimmed. In supplied clear mylar protective jacket.Over 15 b/w Illustrations (including photographs).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Arundel Books of Seattle
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- L073922
- Title
- Train wreck!
- Author
- Griswold, Wesley S
- Format/Binding
- Leather Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 082890099X
- ISBN 13
- 9780828900997
- Publisher
- S. Greene Press
- Place of Publication
- Brattleboro, Vt
- Date Published
- 1969
- Keywords
- Railroad Train United States History Disaster Illustrated Binding QX91, , , , , , , ,
Terms of Sale
Arundel Books of Seattle
7-day return only if not as described (you must notify us immediately on upon receipt of any problem). We pack carefully.
About the Seller
Arundel Books of Seattle
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Seattle, Washington
About Arundel Books of Seattle
Arundel Books stunning new store is located in Seattle's historic Pioneer Square, and has an eclectic stock that will satisfy both the avid reader and discriminating collector.
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- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- 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...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Cloth
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