598, 7 pp adverts (rail and shipping related), c. 50 full page illustrations of trains, boats, railway tracks, bridges etc. with some maps. Publisher's brown clothg with gilt titles to spine and front cover. Hinges weak, endpapers and top edge duty. Library reference book with ex-libris of M. Oppenheimer 1919 who gifted it to the Bath Public Reference Library-no other library marks. Gift inscription from the author to S.J. Van Oss in May 1891 on title page, the author of " American Railroads and British Investors" 1893 and Dutch financier. An encyclopedic, indexed work by the editor of the Railway World.

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Title: Development of Transportation Systems in the United States
Author: J.L. Ringwalt
Publisher: Published by the author, Railway World Office Philadelphia
Publication year: 1888
Condition: Fair
Dust jacket: No Jacket
Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Dimensions: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall
Seller catalogs: Autograph, Author and Ownership Signatures, Science and Technology, United States and Canada

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