A General Freight and Passenger Post. A Practical Solution of the Railroad Problem
by Cowles, James Lewis
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
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- Bookseller
- Argonaut Book Shop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7975
- Title
- A General Freight and Passenger Post. A Practical Solution of the Railroad Problem
- Author
- Cowles, James Lewis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1896
- Keywords
- Trains, Locomotives, Railroads, Transportation, Post Offce, USPS, History
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