MANSIONS ON RAILS, the folklore of the private railway car.
by Beebe, Lucius
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- near fine/good +
- Seller
-
Deerfield, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Berkeley, California: Howell-North, 1959. Limited Gold Coast Edition.. hardcover. near fine/good +. No. 1755 of 1950 copies. Signed by the author on the limitation page. Quarto (approx. 8" wide by 10 7/8" tall), red cloth covers with gilt titles. 382 pages. Color frontispiece and illustrated with additional color plates as well as with many black and white photo reproductions, and drawings. Folding diagram, drawn to scale, of private car Japauldon in rear pocket. Frontis, has a small crease at one corner. Includes the clear acetate dust cover with a couple of closed tears, but lacks the slipcase. 122615A
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- Bookseller
- Alkahest Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000020107
- Title
- MANSIONS ON RAILS, the folklore of the private railway car.
- Author
- Beebe, Lucius
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - near fine
- Jacket Condition
- good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Gold Coast Edition.
- Publisher
- Howell-North
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley, California
- Date Published
- 1959
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Alkahest Books was established in1984. We started as an open shop on Central St. in Evanston, IL, and sold books there until 2002 and later were part of Chicago Rare Book Center which closed in 2017. We are members of the Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association, and IOBA and sell both online and at book fairs. International customers should ask for a shipping quote before ordering as the rates given are only for smaller books.
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