Inside Railroading
by Association of American Railroads
- Used
- fair
- Paperback
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
NZ$33.63NZ$23.54
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About This Item
Washington, DC: School and College Service/Association of American Railroads, 1957 School and College Service/Association of American Railroads, Washington, DC. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Stated 2nd Edition. Book is tight, square, but does have writing inside the title letters on the front wrap and ink pen doodling on the rear wrap. Book Condition: Fair +; light soiling to front wrap with several splash stains; doodling and a splash stain on rear wrap; light fold with a shallow crease on the upper/outer section of the book. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent but do have a slight fold as noted; spine is secure in saddle staples; text is secure in binding. Clean internals. 25 pp 16mo oblong. There are two sides to railroading, the outer side which most people see as a train passes by- cars, locomotives, bridges, stations and tracks. The inner side is rarely seen by the public and that is what goes on inside railroading which is the heart of this booklet. A very presentable copy once you get past the front and rear wraps.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014961
- Title
- Inside Railroading
- Author
- Association of American Railroads
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- School and College Service/Association of American Railroads
- Place of Publication
- Washington, DC
- Date Published
- 1957
- Size
- 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- railroads, railroading, how trains work, train cars, postal cars on trains, dining cars on trains, the caboose on trains, refrigeration cars on trains, the inside of a locomotive, train supply yards, train repair vehicles, show plows for tracks, train con
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- Transportation; Art/Music/Motion Pictures/Television;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
Glossary
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- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.