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THE READING RAILROAD: HISTORY OF A COAL AGE EMPIRE VOLUME 1: THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
by HOLTON, JAMES L
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0962084433
- ISBN 13
- 9780962084430
- Seller
-
Uxbridge, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Laury's Station, PA: Garrigues House Publishers, 1989. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. pp: 356 [3]. FIRST EDITION. Full colour wrap-around illustration on the dust jacket. Blac feaux leather boards with gilt design on the top board and gilt lettering on the spine. This volume includes three maps in a pocket on the rear paste down. A very good copy in a dust jacket with moderate edge wear and sunning to the spine. The jacket is now protected with a Brodart cover.
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Details
- Bookseller
- MAPLE RIDGE BOOKS
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005123
- Title
- THE READING RAILROAD: HISTORY OF A COAL AGE EMPIRE VOLUME 1: THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
- Author
- HOLTON, JAMES L
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0962084433
- ISBN 13
- 9780962084430
- Publisher
- Garrigues House Publishers
- Place of Publication
- Laury's Station, PA
- Date Published
- 1989
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
- Keywords
- Coal, American Railways, Pennsylvania, Transportation, Coal Trains, Eastern Pennsylvania, Conrail, Reading Lines, Reading Company, Anthracite, Coal Region, World War II, Trucking, Highways, Bankruptcy, Reading International, Reading Terminal, Philadelphia
- Bookseller catalogs
- REFERENCE;
- X weight
- 1.8 kg
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
MAPLE RIDGE BOOKS
Biblio member since 2004
Uxbridge, Ontario
About MAPLE RIDGE BOOKS
I'm an sole proprietor of Maple Ridge Books. I've been selling books for some 22 years. Although my stock is small in numbers, I am very careful to offer books in the best condition possible. I try to keep shipping costs reasonable, which is not easy these days. I am more than willing to send additional photos of books, or provide more details.
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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- 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...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
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