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New York: Brewer & Warren Inc., 1930. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. (16)297pp. Photo plates. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall

Brewer & Warren, 1930. Hardcover. Good. 1930, Fading to spine, wear to covers. Binding is tight, clean and unmarked.

San Marino, Calif.: Golden West Books. AN/NF. 1981. 3rd Printing. Hardcover. 0870950444 . Tiny bit of edgewear to dustjacket ; Otherwise like new ; 320 p. .

San Marino: Golden West Books, 1973. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. Frontis., 320 pp., illus. Reprint of the 1930 edition. Previous owner's label on top of title-page; price-clipped dustjacket has some edgewear and some mild soiling on rear panel. Book is crisp and tight. A very nice copy.

USA: Golden West, 1981. 1st Edition-3rd Impression . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 319 pages b/w photos - Samuel Matthews Vauclain (May 18, 1856 - February 4, 1940) was an American engineer, inventor of the Vauclain compound locomotive, and president of the Baldwin Locomotive Works. He was awarded the John Scott Award and the Elliott Cresson Medal by The Franklin Institute in 1891. He was also awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for arming the United States Army during World War I. Vauclain served an apprenticeship in the machine shops of the Pennsylvania Railroad. When he was 24, he was sent to inspect locomotives at the Baldwin Locomotive Works. In those days, machining was a manual job with the machining done by hammers, files and chisels with the mens' own hands. Vauclain's hands were left in a permanent clutching position from endless hours of chipping and filing metal. He became general foreman of Baldwin's 17th Street Shops in 1883, and quickly moved up through the company, as… Read More