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ELECTRIC RAILWAY DICTIONARY (1911): DEFINITIONS AND ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRIC RAILWAY CARS AND TRUCKS
by Hitt, Rodney
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 091231821X
- ISBN 13
- 9780912318219
- Seller
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Talent, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Novato, CA: Newton K. Gregg Publisher, 1972. Facsimile reprint . Hardcover. A high quality 1972 reprint of the 1911 first edition originally published by McGraw Publishing/Electric Railway Journal of New York. Definitions, illustrations, photographs and diagrams of the electric railway cars, and of parts, equipment and trucks. 292 pages plus 55 pages of ads in the rear. Unlike the locomotive and car builders' dictionaries, the 1911 edition of the ELECTRIC RAILWAY DICTIONARY was the only one ever published and is quite scarce in the original edition. Fine in very good dust jacket with short tears, edge wear, and small marker date on the front panel.
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- Bookseller
- Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25708
- Title
- ELECTRIC RAILWAY DICTIONARY (1911): DEFINITIONS AND ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRIC RAILWAY CARS AND TRUCKS
- Author
- Hitt, Rodney
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Facsimile reprint
- ISBN 10
- 091231821X
- ISBN 13
- 9780912318219
- Publisher
- Newton K. Gregg Publisher
- Place of Publication
- Novato, CA
- Date Published
- 1972
- Keywords
- First edition, railroad, railroads, railroading, trains, streetcars, interurbans.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books
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Talent, Oregon
About Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books
Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books has been a full-time mail order bookstore since 1984. Beginning with a small inventory of 400 books, we now have over 10,000 books. Though we do not have an open store, every year we exhibit at between 12 to 14 book fairs and events in the Western United States. All our books are listed on line and visitors are welcome by appointment.
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- Facsimile
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- New
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- Jacket
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Fine
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