Mansions on Rails. The Folklore of the Private Railway Car
by Beebe, Lucius
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Garrison, New York, United States
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About This Item
Berkeley: Howell-North, 1959. First edition. Very good. Limited Gold Coast edition #659 of 1950 copies, signed by the author to Robert E. Lee (dated 1959). Large 8vo (7.5 x 10.5"), 382pp, color frontis, color and b&w illus throughout, b&w illus on endpapers. Red cloth cover with gilt title on front; gilt title on spine. Cover dusty, slightly rubbed at edges. Internally very good.
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- Bookseller
- Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20622
- Title
- Mansions on Rails. The Folklore of the Private Railway Car
- Author
- Beebe, Lucius
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Howell-North
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley
- Date Published
- 1959
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Garrison, New York
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