American Locomotives in Historic Photographs
by Ron Ziel
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0486273938
- ISBN 13
- 9780486273938
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
CA$11.87CA$8.31
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About This Item
Mineola, NY: Dover Publications Inc. , 1993 Dover Publications Inc., Mineola, NY. 1993. Softcover/Trade Wraps. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; small scuff on front wrap; light edge bumping. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 129 pp 4to. This rare collection of 126 "builder portraits" of American locomotives offers a cavalcade of images that chronicle the momentous rise of steam locomotive power in America. Builder portraits are exacting official photographs of new taken while the locomotive is in new condition and not been taken on the rails. These are from the rogers Collection of American Steam locomotion. They demonstrate how developed the American steam locomotive had become before the advent of the diesel. A clean very presentable copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015030
- Title
- American Locomotives in Historic Photographs
- Author
- Ron Ziel
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0486273938
- ISBN 13
- 9780486273938
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Mineola, NY
- Date Published
- 1993
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords
- steam railroad engines, steam locomotives, photography. builders portraits, diesel locomotives, railroads, railroad modernization, steam locomotive evolution, railway history,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Transportation; Art/Music/Motion Pictures/Television;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
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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