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Watching the Trains Go By...A Narrative of a Santa Fe Railway Man
by Harry J. Briscoe (AUTHOR SIGNED)
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- Signed
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 1933587008
- ISBN 13
- 9781933587004
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
£32.00£22.40
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About This Item
Midwest City, OK: The Santa Fe Railway Historical & Modeling Society , 2005 The Santa Fe Railway Historical & Modeling Society, Midwest City, OK. 2005. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Edition/Printing not stated. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; slight shelfwear to tips, corners and edges; superficial scratches to top of front wrap. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 160 pp 8vo oblong. The author's association with the ATSF began in 1937 to begin a 45 year long carer with the Santa Fe Railway. He started as stenographer to a transportation clerk and finished at the General Manager of the Eastern Lines. Along the way he met hundreds of interesting people, some with the railroad, some movie stars, some politicians, and some small-town newspapermen who rose to great heights. A clean very presentable copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014518
- Title
- Watching the Trains Go By...A Narrative of a Santa Fe Railway Man
- Author
- Harry J. Briscoe (AUTHOR SIGNED)
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1933587008
- ISBN 13
- 9781933587004
- Publisher
- The Santa Fe Railway Historical & Modeling Society
- Place of Publication
- Midwest City, OK
- Date Published
- 2005
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- trains, transportation, ATSF, Santa Fe Railway, Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad, locomotives, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railway, biographies, train stories, memoirs, famous people,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Transportation; Autobiography; Americana;
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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