1950 American Locomotives 1871-1881 Catalog Book Train
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Vintage Book This auction is for a great and hard to find old book on railroads that is titled American Locomotives 1871-1881. It was printed by E. S. Hammack in 1950 and is probably that absolute rarest book in this book collection. It is a very limited edition of only 1000 copies - this one being number 805. It says it was printed by the El Camino Press on the El Camino Real. The first page or so reads "A Collection of locomotive drawings and plans with descriptions, specification and details, originally published in 1883 under the title Recent Locomotives by Railroad Gazette Publishing Company, New York and augmented with new material from various sources." So it is basically a huge collection of photos and diagrams of early trains, and the book is enormous. It measures about 11½" x 16" and has 400 plus pages. It is in great condition with some minor discoloration on pages. It does not smell overtly bad, but it smells like an old book, not moldy. Just what you'd expect from and old book. Very nice and very rare! More about this piece: This auction and all the other railroad related items I have listed this week are from a single estate of a lifelong railroad collector and employee. All of these items were acquired from RR agencies or first hand by him, and are fresh to the market. It is an amazing collection with 1000s of pieces
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