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ABDILL, GEORGE B. - A Locomotive Engineer's Album: The Saga of Steam Engines in America, Fifth in the Old Railroad Series

Title: A Locomotive Engineer's Album: The Saga of Steam Engines in America, Fifth in the Old Railroad Series
Description: New York: Bonanza Books, [c.1960s-70s]. Hardcover. The glory days of American steam locomotives are displayed in this gallery of historic black & white photos, collected by former Southern Pacific locomotive engineer George B. Abdill. These several dozen photos portray power units, railroad people, and the sights to be seen along the trackage. This work was originally published by Superior Publishing Company of Seattle. --- In full orange cloth-covered boards with titling in black to spine. Dust jacket with engine images to front panel. --- With prior owner's signature and bookplate affixed to front free endpaper, Christmas-time sticker to verso of ffep, otherwise a clean, unmarked, tightly-bound copy. Intact jacket with slight yellowing and a streak of soiling to back panel; else bright and otherwise undamaged.; Small Quarto - 9 to 11 in. tall; 190 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

Keywords: >>Railroads, Aviation & Transportation

Price: US$ 16.00 Seller: Bluebird Books
- Book number: 83206