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The Car-Builder's Dictionary: An Illustrated Vocabulary of Terms Which Designate American Railroad Cars, Their Part and Attachments . . . (Revised and Enlarged Edition) - Hardcover
The Gregg reprint series of the Car Builder's Dictionaries brings back into print a classic source of authentic, detailed information about American railroading that will appeal to every type of rail enthusiast. Model builders will appreciate the wealth of precise details on dimensions of cars and parts, plus descriptions of materials and line drawings of thousands of parts. Everything from complete car diagrams down to carpet tacks is illustrated in a logical, easy-to-find arrangement. Railroad historians who want exact information will find it by referring to the dictionary section in front, which is cross-referenced to the 2,188 illustrations in the second section. Rail fans who merely enjoy learning more about American railroads will spend many hours entranced with both the fascinating dictionary section and the remarkable variety of illustrations - Westinghouse air brakes, wooden hand-car wheels, 20 pages of passenger car lamps, 24 pages of contemporary advertisements. Most important of all - a large part of the information in the 1888 Dictionary is not available in any current railroad literature. This is the only full and complete source, a wonderful addition to the practical, working books of a modeler or to the library of any kind of rail fan.
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- PublisherNewton K. Gregg
- Publication date1972
- ISBN 10 0912318015
- ISBN 13 9780912318011
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages561
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The Car-Builder's Dictionary: An Illustrated Vocabulary of Terms Which Designate American Railroad Cars, Their Part and Attachments . . . (Revised and Enlarged Edition)
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The Car-Builders Dictionary: An Illustrated Vocabulary of Terms Which Designate American Railroad Cars, Their Parts and Attachments
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The Car-Builder's Dictionary: An Illustrated Vocabulary of Terms Which Designate American Railroad Cars, Their Part and Attachments . . . (Revised and Enlarged Edition)
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1971 reprint of the 1888 publication. The binding is tight, corners sharp. Text and images unmarked. The dust jacket has small chips w/ loss, a trace of soiling, unclipped, in a mylar cover. 4to. Seller Inventory # YOUKforCB
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The Car Builder's Dictionary, 1888: An Illustrated Vocabulary Of Terms Which Designate American Railroad Cars, Their Part's And Attachments
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Book Description Hardcover. revised. square green boards w/ gilt spine printing. 203 pgs bw illustrations w/ an additional 358 of figures & 28pgs advertisements. yellow & red illustrated dustjacket. Lavishly illustrated. A fascinating historical and technical reference for historians and railway enthusiast. Wonderful section of late 1880s era advertisements. VG/G (spine top spongy; textblock & pgs firm. red shelf-wear/scuffs to lower textblock. wear to edges & corners. dustjacket fragile; chipped at spine ends & edges; tears to edges; inner flap detached.). Seller Inventory # 183433
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Book Description Hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hardcover in dust jacket. Clean, tight and unmarked -- a handsome copy in green cloth hardcovers, with gilt tiles to spine, in dust jacket with neat internal tape-repairs (now in new archival mylar sleeve). Very neat. Illustrated with 2188 reproduced engravings, as well as reproductions of original illustrated advertisements at rear. xii,203+ 358[illustrations/figures]+28[ads.]pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book. Seller Inventory # 44912h
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Book Description Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. Facsimile Reprint. xii, 203pp, 358pp illustrations, 28pp adverts. Illustrated w 2,188 engravings. Green cloth w gilt lettering to spine. No wear to covers or spine. Photo illustrated DJ is clean, however previous owner has neatly trimmed top and bottom edges w masking tape (3/8") to guard against edgewear and reinforced backside of the spine and fore edges the same (not visible). Near-square octavo: 213 x 218mm. Facsimile reprint of the 1888 revised and enlarged edition published by The Railroad Gazette (New York). Compiled for the Master Car-Builders' Association, including "a vocabulary of the leading terms used in English railway carriage and wagon construction" compiled by A.M. Wellington. Seller Inventory # 045640
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