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Published by Pennsylvania, 1886
Seller: Sanctuary Books, A.B.A.A., New York, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Contemporary quarter sheep, marbled paper over boards; 112 x 176 mm; with 123 numbered and lined leaves, mostly filled. Rather early American railroad treatise by Isaac Dox, chief engineer in the building of a rail line from Delano to Hazelton, Pennsylvania, 1886-1887. Covers all aspects of railroad construction and the working of railroads, accomplished in a small, precise hand, with frequent illustrations and diagrams done in pen and ink. Spine chipped and scuffed; edges of boards scuffed.