Author: Bell, J. Snowden. Adams, J. Foster [1882 - 1962] - Former Owner Title: The EARLY MOTIVE POWER Of The BALTIMORE And OHIO RAILROAD
Description: New York: Angus Sinclair Co. Publishers, 1912. 1st edition. Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. [10], 157, [1 (blank)] pp (including Index). Illustrated. 8vo. Book label of J. Forster Adams. A VG+ copy. "Adams, a grand nephew of a Wisconsin lumberman, started taking pictures of railroads in 1902 while a clerk in Fairchild, Wisconsin. He settled in Portland, Oregon, about 1913, where he became a successful commercial photographer, making photographs of the Northern Pacific and Great Northern." [Railroad Heritage].
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Price: US$ 192.50 Seller: Tavistock Books, ABAA
- Book number: 36060
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