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The Locomotives That Baldwin Built / Containing a Complete Facsimile of the Original History of The Baldwin Locomotive Works, 1831 - 1923
by Fred Westing
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Baldwinsville, New York, United States
Item Price
CA$37.96CA$34.16
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About This Item
New York: Bonanza Books, 1966. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. First Edition, First Printing ("a" printing). Near Fine book in Very Good Jacket. New York: Bonanza Books, 1966. "The Locomotives That Baldwin Built / Containing a Complete Facsimile of the Original History of The Baldwin Locomotive Works, 1831 - 1923", by Fred Westing. First Edition. Quarto, light blue cloth, darker blue spine imprinting, 192 pp. Near Fine book, with a narrow area of fade along bottom edge, otherwise Fine, in a Very Good jacket with a short tear at spine top and age toning at inner flaps. See all scans. Replete with black and white photographs, as well as some sketches and tabular information, of the locomotives produced by the Baldwin Locomotive Works from 1831 to 1954. Better condition than most other examples. Ships in a stout box, of course. LB
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- Bookseller
- Singularity Rare & Fine
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 63680
- Title
- The Locomotives That Baldwin Built / Containing a Complete Facsimile of the Original History of The Baldwin Locomotive Works, 1831 - 1923
- Author
- Fred Westing
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Bonanza Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1966
- Pages
- 192
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Weight
- 1.80 lbs
- Keywords
- General, History, Pictorial
- Bookseller catalogs
- Western Fiction and Americana;
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Baldwinsville, New York
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