Search Results: high iron a book of trains by lucius beebe

D. Appleton-Century Company, 1938. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Bonanza Books, 1938. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Bonanza Books, 1938. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Bonanza Books, 1938. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Bonanza Books, 1938T. hardcover. Good. 1.0000 in x 11.1000 in x 8.2000 in.

BONANZA BOOKS, January 1938. Hardcover. Used - Good/Fair. Shelf wear on dust jacket.

Bonanza Books, 1938. hardcover. Acceptable. 11x8x1. 1938 used hardcover copy, foxing plus creased on the dust jacket/page edges. price tag not clipped.

New York & London: D. Appleton-Century Company. Poor with no dust jacket. 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Pages have damp staining to the upper margins and to the upper end of the outer edges. Book is slightly cocked. ; Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. .

New York: D. Appleton-Century Company. Near Fine. 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover in light tan boards. No dust jacket. First edition. Book is crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. Front panel of dust jacket and front flap are laid in. Illustrated with black-and-white photos throughout. 4to. 226 pp. Including car heralds and insignia, a glossary of railroad terms, slang and usage, and a bibliography. .

New York: Bonanza Books, 1938. first edition. Hardcover. Very good/good +. 9 x 11 in. Cloth and paper boards. Condition is VERY GOOD ; covers clean, mild shelf wear. BInding tight. Text unmarked. DJ is GOOD+ ; not clipped, chipped loss at upper front corner and spine head. Trav. Stax.

New York.: Bonanza Books., 1938.. Reprint.. Hardcover.. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).. 4to.. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition.

D. Appleton-Century Company, Inc., 1938. very good hardcover w/ no dust jacket, 1938. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket.

New York/London: D. Appleton-Century Company Inc., 1943. 226 pp. Original red cloth covers w/ title in gilt. Corners and spine ends bumped. Previous owner's bookplate on front paste-down. DJ moderately soiled and rubbed w/ wear to edges. Light chipping to corners and spine ends. Small paper lift to top corner of front panel. Spine sunned. Price clipped. Illust. w/ b/w photos. Contents nice.. Hard Cover. Very Good-/Good-. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1938. Published within the regulations of the War Production Board. Hardcover. Good in fair dust jacket. DJ has wear, soiling, edge tears and chips.. Reprint. xiii, 225, [1] p. 29 cm. Illustrations. Car Heralds, Devices and Insignia. Glossary of Railroad Terms, Slang, and Usage. Bibliography. volume is a record in prose and pictures of some of the more arresting aspects of the most heroic of American sagas, the legend of railroading. Train photographed on the front of the dust jacket. 226 pages of many black and white photographs and text on the wonderful railroads and a variety of trains in America. Contains an extensive glossary of railroad terms and a useful guide for the identification of railroad car heralds and insignia.

Bonanza Books (reprint undated). Quarto, red cloth boards with black lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiii + 226pp, illus in b&w, VG+ (v light tanning/foxing to front & rear eps, owner's name in pencil to fep) in VG+ d/w (slight tanning internally)

NY: D. Appleton-Century, 1938. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Scarce, true first edition of Beebe's classic work, presentation copy from photographer Beebe to historian and fellow photographer Grant Manson (1904-1997) best known for his 1958 book and photographs of the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright. Inscribed on the on the ffe. "To Grant Manson/ 'there isn't a train I/ wouldn't take, no matter/ where it's going' / Lucius Beebe/ 1939" Original brown cloth stamped in black and gilt, a tad dusty, in original dustjcaket that is moderately worn about the edges and missing short pieces spine ends. A presentable copy and rare with Beebe's charming inscription executed shortly after publication.