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STORIES OF THE RAILROAD. -

by Hill, John A(lexander) 1858-1916

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Chicago: Jamieson-Higgins Co, 1900. Translated by b/w frontis by W.S. Wood and 7 plates (with only one placed correctly in text). First thus edition. (c.1898 S. S. McClure, c.1899 Doubleday & McClure). Navy blind-stamped and embossed cloth, gilt print spine and topboard emblem. Cr.8vo. pp. [vi], 297, [3] blank. VG/No jacket, as issued. Light cap and corner rubbing, page edges toned. Nine shorts: An Engineer's Christmas Story, The Clean Map and the Dirty Angels, Jim Wainwright's Kid, A Peg-legged Romance, My Lady of the Eyes, Some Freaks of Fate, Mormon Joe, the Robber, A Midsummer Night's Trip, The Polar Zone. Also published pieces on railroads under the pen name John Alexander. Scarce edition with all eight plates..
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  • Title STORIES OF THE RAILROAD.
  • Author Hill, John A(lexander) 1858-1916
  • Publisher Chicago: Jamieson-Higgins Co, 1900.
  • Bookseller's Inventory # OWBSTO111654

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