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614 PAGES, ILLUSTRATED THROUGHOUT. THE FRONT COVER AND SPINE ARE HALF DETACHED. THE BACK COVER HINGE IS INTERNALLY SPLIT, BUT HOLDING. CLEAN CLEAR AND STILL BRIGHT GOLD GILT LETTERING ON FRONT COVER AND SPINE. THREE EDGES GOLD GILT. MISSING FRONT BLANK END PAGES, TITLE PAGE, BACK END PAGES.THE TEXT BLOCK IS SOLID WITH VERY FEW FLAWS AND IS COMPLETE STARTING ON PAGE 7 WITH "PUBLISHERS' CARD": A 2 PAGE APOLOGY FOR THE LATENESS OF THE PUBLICATION. PAGE 9 IS AN INTRODUCTION. PAGES 11-22 A TABLE OF CONTENTS. A 48 PAGE "SHORT HISTORY OF THE ERIE" THAT INCLUDES 15 PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE SUSQUEHANNA SHOPS. 30 PAGES OF "ERIE OFFICIALS" TEXT AND PHOTOGRAPHS. 434 PAGES OF "SKETCHES AND PORTRAITS OF ERIE ENGINEERS" COMPRISED OF HUNDREDS OF BIOGRAPHIES AND PHOTOGRAPHS. 25 PAGES ON "MASTER MECHANICS", "TRAIN MASTERS", "DECEASED ERIE EMPLOYEES". PAGES 597-606: "AN OLD BOOK OF RULES" (1854). PAGES 607-614 ARE AN ALPHABETICAL "ROSTER OF ERIE ENGINEERS". THE TEXT IS TWO COLUMNS TO THE PAGE. THE BIOGRAPHIES ARE ABOUT 1/3 OF A COLUMN TO OVER A FULL COLUMN. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A SHORT BIOGRAPHY: "ORA E. LANGWORTHY, HORNELLSVILLE, NEW YORK. ORA E. LANGWORTHY WAS BORN IN ALFRED, ALLEGHENY COUNTY, NEW YORK ON MARCH 9,1856. HIS FATHER WAS JAMES B. LANGWORTHY, A PROMINENT FARMER IN THAT COUNTY, AND THE YOUNG MAN ATTENDED SCHOOL AND WORKED ON HIS FATHER'S FARM UNTIL HE WAS 19 YEARS OF AGE. HE THEN DEVOTED HIS ATTENTION EXCLUSIVELY TO FARMING UNTIL 1883, IN NOVEMBER OF WHICH YEAR HE SECURED A POSITION AS FIREMAN ON THE ALLEGHENY DIVISION OF THE ERIE. HE PROVED HIMSELF A CAPABLE AND INDUSTRIOUS WORKMAN, AND HIS CHRISTMAS GIFT OF 1887 WAS IN THE WAY OF A PROMOTION TO ENGINEER. FOR THE PAST TWELVE YEARS HE HAS RUN IN THE FREIGHT SERVICE BETWEEN HONELLSVILLE AND SALAMANCA, AND HAS FIRMLY ESTABLISHED HIS RECORD AS A CAREFUL AND CAPABLE RUNNER. ON NOVEMBER 13, 1880, MR. LANGWORTHY WAS MARRIED TO MISS ELLA HENDEE, DAUGHTER OF JAMES HENDEE A FARMER OF STEUBEN COUNTY, NEW YORK, AND THEY HAVE ONE CHILD, HELEN. MRS. LANWORTHY IS A MEMBER OF THE EASTERN STAR, WHILE MR LANGWORTHY BELONGS TO LODGE NO. 44, F. & A.M.: STEUBEN CHAPTER, NO. 101; AND LODGE NO 47, B. L.E. THIS ESTIMABLE COUPLE RESIDE AT 49 VAN SCOTER STREET, AND ARE HIGHLY REGARDED BY THEIR MANY FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES." NOT ALL BIOGRAPHIES ARE ACCOMPANIED BY A PHOTOGRAPH, BUT HUNDREDS ARE. MOST OF THE ENGINEERS SPORT MUSTACHES, ALL ARE IN SHIRT, TIE AND JACKET. Size: QUARTO. Seller Inventory # 01792.92
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Title: AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS: ERIE RAILWAY ...
Publisher: CRAWFORD-ADSIT CO
Publication Date: 1899
Binding: FULL LEATHER (BROWN)
Condition: FAIR-
Edition: *FIRST EDITION*.
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