MECHANICAL CATALOGUE VOLUME 2; THE UNION SWITCH & SIGNAL CO.
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good plus
- Seller
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Talent, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Swissvale, PA: Union Switch & Signal Co., 1911. Hardcover. Very good plus. 483 pages divided with tabs by type of equipment; such as, Deflecting Bars; Cranks and Radial Arms; Wire Carrier and Stakes; Layout Switches, Frogs, Derail; Switch and Lock Movements; Tie Plates; etc., etc.. All the equipment is illustrated with description and data. Bound in black buckram with lettering in gilt, fixed with metal screw posts. Tabs slightly foxed. A very good plus copy.
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- Bookseller
- Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 41093
- Title
- MECHANICAL CATALOGUE VOLUME 2; THE UNION SWITCH & SIGNAL CO.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Union Switch & Signal Co.
- Place of Publication
- Swissvale, PA
- Date Published
- 1911
- Keywords
- railroad, railroading, switches, signals
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Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books
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Talent, Oregon
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Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books has been a full-time mail order bookstore since 1984. Beginning with a small inventory of 400 books, we now have over 10,000 books. Though we do not have an open store, every year we exhibit at between 12 to 14 book fairs and events in the Western United States. All our books are listed on line and visitors are welcome by appointment.
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- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...