HISTORY OF THE BROTHERHOOD OF MAINTENANCE OF WAY EMPLOYEES: ITS BIRTH AND GROWTH, 1887-1955
by Hertel, D.W
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Collectible-Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Oneonta, New York, United States
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About This Item
Washington, D.C.: Ransdell Inc., 1955. This book has a bright-green cloth cover with gilt lettering on the front and spine. Wear at spine ends, owner's name on front endpaper; pages faintly sunned,wear and soil. Illustrated with black-and-white photos throughout, this book is a history of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees, the railroad workers' union that was established at the birth of the railroad boom in the United States. 308 pages, including index; approx. 5"x8".. First Edition. Hard Cover. Collectible-Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Photo Illustrated.
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- Bookseller
- Popeks Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- EEF2483
- Title
- HISTORY OF THE BROTHERHOOD OF MAINTENANCE OF WAY EMPLOYEES: ITS BIRTH AND GROWTH, 1887-1955
- Author
- Hertel, D.W
- Illustrator
- Photo Illustrated
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Collectible-Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Ransdell Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Washington, D.C.
- Date Published
- 1955
- Keywords
- RAILROAD LABOR BUSINESS UNION MAINTENANCE OF WAY EMPLOYEES
- Bookseller catalogs
- RAILROAD;
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