Smoke in the Canyon: My Steam Days in Dunsmuir
by Murdock, Dick
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0932916112
- ISBN 13
- 9780932916112
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Ross, CA: May-Murdock Publications, 1987 Book. Fine. Hardcover. Second Printing. Oblong Octavo. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 140 (2) pp, list of duo-tone illustrations, foreword Ted Wurm, preface, 1. The Trade Goes Through, 2. A Matter of Acceptance, 3. Short Stint on the Siskiyou Line, 4. Olden Days Around the Depot, 5. Going South for Steam, 6. More Olden Days, 7. From Hostler to Passenger Fireman, 8. And Then There Was Humor, 9. Big Boulders and Other Stories, 10. How About Trout - And Bass?, 11. Notes and Quotes, 12. News and Views of '54, 13. Out of Steam, chronology, glossary, rail personalities, index, about the author, acknowledgments. Second Printng, January 1987. 5" closed tear top edge front panel dj, and 3" closed tear bottom edge rear panel dj with only the slightes edgewear at top edge spine of same, and a "Not Authorized For Sale" stamp on ffep, else, Pristine, Interior. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Tan cloth..
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002840
- Title
- Smoke in the Canyon: My Steam Days in Dunsmuir
- Author
- Murdock, Dick
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Second Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0932916112
- ISBN 13
- 9780932916112
- Publisher
- May-Murdock Publications
- Place of Publication
- Ross, CA
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- TRANSPORTATION RAILROAD HISTORY SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD STEAM ENGINES DUNSMUIR THE SHASTA DAYLIGHT
- Bookseller catalogs
- TRANSPORTATION;
- Size
- Oblong Octavo
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West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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