Title: Two books on American Locomotives Author: Forney, Matthias N. Place: New York Publisher: Railroad Gazette Date: 1884 & 1890 Description: Includes: The Car-Builder's Dictionary: An Illustrated Vocabulary of Terms Which Designate American Railroad Cars, Their parts and Attachments. xii, 204, 358, 74 ad pp. Illustrations from engravings. (4to) 8x8½, original gilt decorated brown cloth. Binding partially detached, joints splitting, edges worn. Revised Edition. [1884] * Catechism of the Locomotive. Illustrations throughout; 6 folding plates at rear. (8vo) 8¼x5¾, original gilt decorated brown cloth. Edges worn, joints splitting, hinges cracked; title page detached, pages browned and quite brittle; diagonal tear to folding plate at rear. Second Edition, Thirty-Seventh Thousand. [1890]. Lot Amendments Condition: Overall fair only, sold as is. Item number: 185292
Title: Two books on American Locomotives Author: Forney, Matthias N. Place: New York Publisher: Railroad Gazette Date: 1884 & 1890 Description: Includes: The Car-Builder's Dictionary: An Illustrated Vocabulary of Terms Which Designate American Railroad Cars, Their parts and Attachments. xii, 204, 358, 74 ad pp. Illustrations from engravings. (4to) 8x8½, original gilt decorated brown cloth. Binding partially detached, joints splitting, edges worn. Revised Edition. [1884] * Catechism of the Locomotive. Illustrations throughout; 6 folding plates at rear. (8vo) 8¼x5¾, original gilt decorated brown cloth. Edges worn, joints splitting, hinges cracked; title page detached, pages browned and quite brittle; diagonal tear to folding plate at rear. Second Edition, Thirty-Seventh Thousand. [1890]. Lot Amendments Condition: Overall fair only, sold as is. Item number: 185292
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