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The Macmillan Company. Used - Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket (Railroad Engineers, Biography) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1938. 1st Edition . Hardcover. VG+/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover with dust jacket. Both prices are clipped on the front flap. DJ is soiled and tattered with numerous chips and tears, front of jacket has a couple creases running from top to bottom. The room cloth boards underneath show only minor spotting, foxing spots are also present on the exterior page edges. The internal binding is good, no hinge issues. Pages are toned due to age and there is some foxing/spotting, though this is mainly limited to the end pages and pastedowns. No signatures or bookplates, no library markings. There is a small red ink mark on the exterior top edge, near the spine area.

New York: Macmillan Company, 1938. Hardcover. Very Good+/Good+. Signed by Author(s). Signed by both Henry Clay French and his son Chauncey Del French (the author) on half-title page. Burgundy cloth boards with gilt lettering. Very slightly spine cocked. Front bottom fore-corner lightly bumped. Interior clean. Dust jacket chipped; spine faded; not price clipped ($2.50). DJ in archival sleeve. Seven photographic plates. vi, 292 pp. 8.5 x 5.75 inches. The story of western railroad man Henry Clay French (1856-1945), as told to his son Chauncey French (1890-1967). Henry French began his railroad career in 1873 as a messenger and call boy for the Hannibal and Saint Joseph Railroad. He saw almost 57 years of service on fifteen different lines (with his longest stints being with the Lawrence, Leavenworth & Galveston Railroad, Oregon Railroad & Navigation, the Kansas City Belt Line, Northern Pacific, Tacoma & Eastern Railroad, and Union Pacific) prior to his retirement in 1930. He served in… Leer más