Prior Frederick J Editor (3 results)

Condition: Poor. Disbound -- page block only lacking covers and spine. Page block is good with one break in the backing and no pages before title page. A good candidate for rebinding. ; 8vo.

Half Leather. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No DJ Issued. 1st Edition. Volume Seven only of an Eight-Volume work. Paginated in three parts. Part 1. Railway Organization and Station Work - movement of trains, employees, management, shipping, ticketing, reports, handling cars in yards, freight etc etc ; 190 pages, iii. Part 2 -Train Work; 256pp, iv. Part 3 - Telegraphy; 119pp, iii. Illustrations. Interior of the book is clean and unmarked. Binding is tight and square. Leather spine and corners, marble boards, gilt titles to spine. A very solid copy. Tiny leather chip lost at head of spine. Minor wear to some edges and to the tips of the corners. NB - Postal Rates shown by ABE are often incorrect and are vague estimates NOT guaranteed rates. We use Canada Post, the United States Postal Service and Asendia and try to offer very competitive postal charges - based on actual costs, no overcharging. Images are available. Shipped well packed. USA postage is usually $6.90 - $9.00 unless extra heavy/large. Canadian postage varies considerably depending on weight and destination. Postage to anywhere within Canada, can now be approx US$16.00 for weights up to 5kg total - boxed, insured, trackable and faster than regular parcels. Less will be charged if rates indicate. NOW available - new, considerably lower Trans-Canada rates for many major markets, and, new, considerably lower rates for Overseas destinations. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Flexible Card. Condition: Very Near Fine. Title continues . Complete Explanatory and Instructive Answers to the Three Series of Examination Questions, Covering in Detail Locomotive Firing, Including Combustion and Care of the Boiler ; the Care and Management of Simple and Compound Locomotives ; Airbrake Handling ; Breakdowns ; Electric Headlights ; Superheaters ; Walschaert Valve Gear ; Oil Burning Locomotives ; together with Supplementary Questions and Answers. Full leather over flexible card, title stamped in gilt onto upper cover, 16mo (5-7/8 inches [15 cm] tall), pp. (1-6), 7-213, table. Volume with gilt stamping slightly imperfect and original price in pencil to rfep, else fine. Uncommon, with the only other hard copy being held at the University of Chicago Library. OCLC accessed 05/17.