The Railway Book, No, 803
New York: Sam'l Gabriel Sons & Company, 1913. Wraps. [PICTURE BOOK]. First edition. 4to; [14]pp; glazed stiff color printed wrapper, “Linenette”, train and railway worker on the front, train on a turn-table on rear wrapper; stiff color illustrated glazed paper; chipping and scuffing of wrapper edges, bumping to corners with loss, spine split at head and tail with old ‘invisible’ tape as a repair, stitched binding holding tight, light damp staining to head and tail of spine; very good minus. OCLC locates only 3 copies of the 1913 edition. Very good. Item #1747
This is a wonderfully illustrated children’s book on trains with an accompanying story explaining railroad uses and terms. The front and rear inside wrapper is printed in sepia with an alphabet of railroad terms. Scarce in any condition.
Price: $200.00