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Locomotive Engineering: Adopted By the Southern Schools of Railway Science as a Standard Text Book for Railway Scholarships: General Course: Vol. I
by Southern Schools of Railway Science
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: Southern Schools of Railway Science, 1909. Volume I only; Floral decorative end papers, usual age toning and reading wear, else textblock is clean and tight; Folded diagrams, single-page diagrams, engravings and mathematic formulas and tables, photos; Blue cloth binding, bumped and worn at the spine extremities and board corners and edges; Spine is gently sunned and worn at the tips, and the boards are rubbed, edge-worn and character-soiled; 763p. Index at end. Originally published in 1907, this is the 1909 revised printing of the First Edition (stated). . First Edition Revised (stated). Blue Cloth. Good+. Illus. by Folded Diagrams/Diagrams/Engravings/Mathematics. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover.
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- Bookseller
- Clausen Books, RMABA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SB15894
- Title
- Locomotive Engineering: Adopted By the Southern Schools of Railway Science as a Standard Text Book for Railway Scholarships: General Course: Vol. I
- Author
- Southern Schools of Railway Science
- Illustrator
- Folded Diagrams/Diagrams/Engravings/Mathematics
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Edition
- First Edition Revised (stated)
- Publisher
- Southern Schools of Railway Science
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1909
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- Railway Science, Locomotive Engineering, Locomotive Engineering Text Book, Locomotive Engineering Education, Steam Locomotive Technology and Operation; Steam Locomotive Education
- Bookseller catalogs
- Railroads; Education;
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Clausen Books, RMABA
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About Clausen Books, RMABA
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- Spine
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- Sunned
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- 12mo
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- Good+
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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