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A Railroad for Tomorrow
by Edward Hungerford
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Rochester, New York, United States
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About This Item
Milwaukee, WI: Kalbach Publishing Company, 1960 Limited first edition. Errata tipped in. Map end papers. Gilt title over black boards. Unclipped dust jacket with $5.00 price intact. Chipping to jacket at spine ends and missing a 1/4" 'v' shaped piece (evident in picture) from front cover. Now wrapped in protective Brodart.. Illus. by James Carr, Daniel H. Burnham, Linn H. Westcott, and A.J. Timler. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- Genesee Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 101574
- Title
- A Railroad for Tomorrow
- Author
- Edward Hungerford
- Illustrator
- James Carr, Daniel H. Burnham, Linn H. Westcott, and A.J. Timler
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Kalbach Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Milwaukee, WI
- Date Published
- 1960
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About the Seller
Genesee Books
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Rochester, New York
About Genesee Books
Online book seller out of Rochester NY. My tastes are libertine and quirky and the selection of books tends to reflect those preferences.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
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