Come Walking and Leave Early, A Pictorial History of the Chatham Wallaceburg and Lake Erie Railway Co. de Rhodes, John - 1989

Chatham, Ontario: Rhodes Specialty Advertising. Hardcover. 0969338015 Signed, without inscription, by author upon front free endpaper. "From the autumn of 1905 to the spring of 1930 the Chatham, Wallaceburg and Lake Erie Railway was part of the daily lives of the people of the southwest Ontario peninsula. The C.W. & L.E. came in with the industrial boom at the turn of the century and was almost the first casualty of the Great Depression." - Foreword. [4], 175 pages. Generously illustrated with black and white reproductions of wonderful archival photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Contents clean, bright and unmarked. Above-average wear to boards. Moderate lean to spine, otherwise binding sound. Above-average wear to dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A worthy reference copy of this fascinating and informative history. . Fair. 1989. First Edition.