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Railroading Through Cajon Pass
by Chard L. Walker
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Good
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Danvers, MA: Prototype Modeler, Inc. , 1978 Prototype Modeler, Inc., Danvers, MA. 1978. Hardcover. Stated First Printing February 1978. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; scant shelfwear to head, tail, and tips. DJ: Good +; NOT Price Clipped ($29.95); tape repairs to head, tail, and front panel at bottom; light wear to head, tail, tips, flap folds, and spine shoulders; small spot of indentation rubbing on rear panel. Blue cloth boards and spine with bright white lettering on the spine and front board. 273 pp 8vo oblong. This book tells the complete story of Cajon Pass in words and photos, augmented by plenty of maps, from the very beginning right up to the present mid-1970s, as gathered and written by a railfan/railorader who was there at the right time to absorb it all become a subject matter expert on Cajon Pass and the western desert rail lines. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket. No International sales.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014519
- Title
- Railroading Through Cajon Pass
- Author
- Chard L. Walker
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Prototype Modeler, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Danvers, MA
- Date Published
- 1978
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- railroads, railroading, Cajon Pass, The Summit, transportation, Southern California railroads, Southern California rail lines, Santa Fe Lines, Santa Fe Railway, Santa Fe Railroad, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railro
- Bookseller catalogs
- Transportation; Americana;
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About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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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.
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Spine
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