Hand-Book of the Locomotive
by Stephen Roper
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: E. Claxton & Company, 1881. Ninth Edition, Revised; Black leather overwrap binding, gilt spine title, gilt locomotive vignettes on cover, all edges gilt, frontis portraiot, & a few black & white illustrations in the text; A good copy with ownership signature / location on fep, & last leaf with fep loose; 324 pages. . 3.75"x5.75".
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Details
- Bookseller
- White Raven Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BF10417
- Title
- Hand-Book of the Locomotive
- Author
- Stephen Roper
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- E. Claxton & Company
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1881
- Bookseller catalogs
- Technology; Transportation;
- Size
- 3.75"x5.75"
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
White Raven Books
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Ypsilanti, Michigan
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- Edges
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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...