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American Railroad Stock Certificates
by Hendy, Anne-Marie
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0852592965
- ISBN 13
- 9780852592960
- Seller
-
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Stanley Gibbons Publications Ltd., 1980 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. viii, 168 pp, preface, introduction, bibliography, American Railroads and Their Stock Certificates, Price guide to Certificates, appendix: Biographies of Cornelius Vanderbilt and Jay Gould with color plates between pages 88 and 89, and b&w illustrations throughout. Price clipped, else, Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Blue cloth..
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Details
- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002909
- Title
- American Railroad Stock Certificates
- Author
- Hendy, Anne-Marie
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0852592965
- ISBN 13
- 9780852592960
- Publisher
- Stanley Gibbons Publications Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- TRANSPORTATION STOCK CERTIFICATES RAILWAY LINES ILLUSTRATED HISTORY AMERICANA
- Bookseller catalogs
- TRANSPORTATION;
- Size
- 4to
Terms of Sale
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
West Side Book Shop, Located in downtown Ann Arbor, was established in 1975 by Jay Platt, a member of the ABAA. West Side Book Shop offers a wide selection of used and rare books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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